NIRU RAKHECHA v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN
Court: High Court of Rajasthan
Bench: KULDEEP MATHUR
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court of Rajasthan judgment dated 2026-08-10. NIRU RAKHECHA v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
[2026:RJ-JP:38228] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S. B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 7307/2026 CNR: RJHC010816302026 | URN: CRLMP / 12624U / 2026 Niru Rakhecha W/o Harish Rakhecha, Aged About 33 Years, E- 265, Hudco Qwarters, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Johdpur ----Petitioner Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp 2. Director General Of Police, Cyber Crime Police Jaipur, Raj. Jaipur 3. The Icici Bank Ltd. , Through Branch Manager Adarsh Vidya Mandir Branch (Avm Branch), Kamla Nehru Nagar Jodhpur ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Pranav Bhardwaj For Respondent(s) : Mr. Narendra Gehlot, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR Order 10/08/2026 1. The instant criminal misc. petition under Section 528 BNSS has been filed by the petitioner seeking the following reliefs:- “(i)Issue an appropriate direction to the Respondent Bank to forthwith de-freeze/remove the restraint on the operation of the Petitioner's saving bank account bearing account no.
61322462819 held with ICICI Bank, Adarsh Vidya Mandir School Branch, Jodhpur and to permit the petitioner to operate the same, confining the hold, if at all, only to the disputed lien amount of Rs. 742 (ii) By an appropriate order or direction, the bank account of the petitioner was put on freeze may kindly be quashed. and set aside. (iii) Pass Any other appropriate order or direction which this Hon'ble Court deems just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case 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 criminal misc. petition with a direction to the ICICI Bank Ltd. (Respondent [2026:RJ-JP:38228] (2 of 2) [CRLMP-7307/2026] No. 3) 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 her 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. 6.
With the aforesaid directions, the instant criminal misc. petition is disposed of. 7. Stay petition as well as all pending application, if any, stand disposed of. (KULDEEP MATHUR),J 250/Sonia
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