JUDGMENT

1. Heard Sri T.Niranjan Reddy, learned Senior counsel who argued representing the petitioner as well as the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor.

2. Challenging the Prohibitory Order by which the Bank Account of the petitioner bearing No.00623888001 maintained with Mumbai Branch of HSBC India has been frozen and to direct the respondent to defreeze the said Bank Account, the present Criminal Petition is filed.

3. Making his submission, the learned Senior Counsel submitted that the petitioner Alibaba Cloud (India) Private Limited Company is a Limited Liability Partnership Firm registered under Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and is carrying out business of providing Cloud Computing Services and related services in India. He contends that the account of the petitioner was illegally and unjustifiably seized and the account was frozen by the respondent on 13/8/2021 invoking Ss. 91 and 102 Cr.P.C, while investigating the case in Crime No.1342 of 2021 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Hyderabad. Learned counsel contends that the Prohibitory Order was passed without arraying the petitioner atleast as a suspect and no investigation is done regarding his activities and further,