ORDER

14.08.2024 Order No.

04. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement

(Virtual/Physical Mode).

2. This application under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. has been filed by the Petitioner with a prayer to direct the Opposite Party No.2 to defreeze/unfreeze his Bank Account, i.e. Account Name- SP Innovations Technologies LLP, Account Type-Current, Account No-039100106699, Branch-Bangalore, IFSC Code- COSB0000039, Bank Name-Cosmos Bank (Opposite Party No.4).

3. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State-Opposite Parties and Mr. Bijit Kumar Behera, Inspector of Police, CID and CB, Cuttack, who is present in person in Court today. Perused the materials on record.

4. On perusal of the materials on record, it appears that a compliant was lodged in the NCRB portal regarding commission of a cyber crime by one Rahul Jeet. In the said complaint, it has been alleged that the Petitioner’s firm, which is engaged in the business of software development and consultation and has branches in Bangalore, Kolkata and overseas (in U.S.), has fraudulently debited a sum of Rs.13,000/- from the bank account of the present Petitioner through the Opposite Party No.