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KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM, J
ZAKI AHMED KHAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KARNATAKA – Respondent
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| 1. freezing of account pending investigation affects rights. (Para 3) |
| 2. multiple claims arose for same account without hearing. (Para 4 , 5) |
| 3. natural justice not followed in judicial process. (Para 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 4. magistrate should club applications and hear parties. (Para 9) |
ORAL ORDER
2. Facts leading to the case are as under:
3. Aggrieved by the freezing of his account, the petitioner moved an application before the learned IX Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru, seeking defreezing of the account on the ground that the continued freezing was causing serious prejudice to his right to operate his account.
5. By order dated 13.05.2025, the learned Magistrate allowed the application filed by respondent No.3 as well as the connected application, thereby directing the ICICI Bank account in question to be defrozen and the amounts transferred to the accounts of the second respondent/defacto complainant and the third respondent. A similar order was also passed in relation to Crime No.267/2023. These two orders are now under challenge in Crl.P.No.10444/2025 and Crl.P.No.
6. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and on careful perusal of the impugned ord
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