CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.

DATE : 11^th APRIL 2022 P.C. :

1. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave to amend the prayer clause. Leave granted. Amendment to be carried out forthwith.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

3. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith with the consent of the parties and is taken up for final disposal. Learned APP waives notice on behalf of the respondent Nos.1 to 3.

4. By this petition, the petitioner has impugned the order dated 11^th May 2016, passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Satara, below Exhibit – 1 in Criminal Miscellaneous Application No.427 of 2015, by which, the learned Judge rejected the petitioner's application seeking defreezing of his bank accounts, as well as the order dated 4^th May 2018, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Satara, in Criminal Revision Application No.71 of 2016, by which, the learned Judge dismissed the petitioner's revision application and as such confirmed the order dated 11^th May 2016 passed by the trial Court.

5. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the police of the Satara City have illegally frozen the petitioner's bank accounts with the IDBI Bank; ICICI Ba