IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 17.03.2026 Pavan Kumar Chaurasiya …Petitioner Versus Union of India and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Ankit Kharbanda, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Indresh Goel, Advocate for respondent No.4 Mr. A.P.S. Sehgal, Advocate for respondent No.5 (assisted by Ms. Kawalpreet Kaur, Branch Operations Manager)

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JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is seeking directions to respondents to de-freeze his account No.50100580828677 maintained with respondent No.5-HDFC Bank.

2. The petitioner claims that he is a verified user of Binance Lite Application which deals with Cryptocurrency. While using the aforesaid application, he often used to receive money in his linked bank account from various purchasers on selling Cryptocurrency coins to them. When petitioner failed to access his bank account, he came know that his bank account has been frozen by respondent No.5-bank upon instructions received from various police stations across the country. The petitioner vide letter dated 31.07.2024 requested r