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KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM, J
ZAKI AHMED KHAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KARNATAKA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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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
These petitions are filed by the account holder in ICICI Bank which is the subject matter of the crime registered in Cr.No.267/2023. The petitioner is assailing the order dated 13.05.2025 passed by the Magistrate HC-KAR while entertaining an application filed under Sections 451 and 457 of Cr.P.C. filed by the defacto complainant.
2. Facts leading to the case are as under:
The petitioner is the account holder of an ICICI Bank account bearing No. 141605011661. The said account came to be frozen pursuant to a request made by the Investigating Officer in connection with Crime No.267/2023. It is an admitted position that the petitioner is not arrayed as an accused in the said crime.
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 con
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