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Blanket notice to freeze bank accounts in cyber crime cases illegal: Allahabad High Court
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A blanket notice to freeze bank accounts under suspicion of cyber crime, without indicating the amount on which lien is being sought, is illegal and arbitrary, said the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court.
The bench made the observation while quashing a notice issued by a Cyber Crime police station in Telangana to freeze the bank account of a leading medicine trader in Lucknow, directing the bank concerned to de-freeze it immediately.
The court had then directed the Registrar (Compliance) to issue notice to the Telangana cyber crime police station concerned.
Then, on January 19, the HC ordered quashing of the notice to freeze the bank accounts.
Quoting certain judgments by the Supreme Court and High Courts, the Lucknow bench in its order stated that key principles ought to be laid down regarding freezing a bank account under suspicion of cyber crime.