M/S NEELKANTH PETROLEUM v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN
Court: High Court of Rajasthan
Bench: KULDEEP MATHUR
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court of Rajasthan judgment dated 2026-08-03. M/S NEELKANTH PETROLEUM v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
[2026:RJ-JP:36082] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S. B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 6398/2026 CNR: RJHC010747022026 | URN: CRLMP / 11282U / 2026 M/s Neelkanth Petroleum, Through Its Partner Suresh Sarswat S/ o Jai Kishan Aged About 48Years, R/o Opp. Old B. s. t. c. School Ki Gali Pugal Road Bikaner ----Petitioner Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp 2. Punjab National Bank, Through Its Branch Manager Bikaner Rajasthan 3. C. i. d. , Reasonl Office Raja Mahadevaram Andhra Pradesh 4. S. h. o. , P. s. Mandapeta Town District B R Ambedkar Konaseema State Of Andhra Pradesh 5. Dig Cyber, Cyber Crime Police Headquarter Rajasthan ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Mukul Krishna Vyas For Respondent(s) : Mr. Prem Singh Panwar, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR Order 03/08/2026 1. The instant criminal misc.
petition under Section 528 BNSS has been filed by the petitioner seeking the following reliefs:- “It is, therefore, most respectfully and humbly prayed that your lordship may graciously be pleased to accept and allow this criminal misc petition and: (I) Issue an appropriate direction to the Respondents to de-freeze the Petitioner's current account bearing no. 5132102100001033 (IFSC Code- PUNB0513210) of Punjab National Bank forthwith, after putting disputed amount on hold. (II) By an appropriate order or direction, the Authoritative Notice dated 23. 03. 2026 by which the bank account of the petitioner was put on freeze may kindly be quashed and set aside. (III) By an appropriate order or direction, the respondents may kindly be directed to pay the 10% [2026:RJ-JP:36082] (2 of 3) [CRLMP-6398/2026] interest per annum on the amount in the petitioner's account which has been put on freeze from the date of the freeze till the date of release.
(IV) Any other order which this Hon'ble court deems just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may also be passed in favour of the petitioner. ” 2. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court deems it just and proper to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Punjab National Bank (Respondent No. 2) to keep the disputed amount (the amount which was transferred illegally in the bank account of the petitioner) frozen and allow the petitioner to make transactions from his bank account from the remaining balance. 3. It is further made clear that in case, the respondent – Bank has not received the information regarding the exact figure of the disputed amount, which the Investigating Officer/Police alleges to be receipt(s) of the offence, the bank shall send a communication to the concerned Investigating Officer/Police, to indicate the amount to be earmarked for lien, while endorsing a copy of the instant order. 4.
Upon receipt of such communication/letter, the concerned Investigating Officer/Police shall be under an obligation to apprise the respondent - Bank about the amount to be kept in lien, within a period of seven days of receiving the communication from the respondent - Bank. The respondent – bank shall thereafter do the needful as directed herein above. 5. It is further made clear that in case, the respondent-Bank does not receive any reply from the concerned Investigating Officer/Police, then it shall be duty bound to act in accordance with the instant order. [2026:RJ-JP:36082] (3 of 3) [CRLMP-6398/2026] 6. Stay petition as well as all pending application, if any, stand disposed of. (KULDEEP MATHUR),J 79/Anil Kumar Choudhary
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