JUDGMENT

[W.P.(C)Nos.36763 & 36857 of 2025]

1. These two Writ Petitions are filed by the same person with respect to the same account. In both the Writ Petitions, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent/Bank to de-freeze the account belonging to the petitioner.

2. The learned Standing Counsel for the respondent/Bank submitted that as far as W.P.(C) No.36763/2025 is concerned, the requisition is received from the 7^th respondent therein for an amount of Rs.700/- and as far as W.P.(C) No.36857/2025 is concerned, the Bank has received a requisition for Rs.50,000/- from the 7^th respondent therein. Apart from that, the bank is also having suspicions about the transactions involved in his account, and the petitioner has not updated the KYC details either.

The issue with respect to freezing/lien marking of the account at

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the instance of the police authorities is covered by the decisions of this Court inDr. Sajeer v. Reserve Bank of India [ 2024 (1) KLT 826 ], Nazeer K.T. v. Manager, Federal Bank , Makkaraparamba Branch [2024 KHC 768] andAbhiraj Rajan v. State of Kerala [ 2025 KHC 1676 ].

This Court has been consistently issuing the directions

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contained in the aforesaid decisions w