Advocate’s Professional Fee Is Not Proceeds of Crime Unless Advocate Is Complicit: Allahabad HC

Ayush Bajpai Vs State of U.P. (Allahabad High Court) The Allahabad High Court considered a case where the petitioner’s bank account was frozen after the Branch Manager of the State Bank of India, Krishna Nagar Branch, Kanpur reported that the Cyber Cell, Uttar Pradesh Police had frozen the account due to alleged fraudulent transactions. The Court referred to two Division Bench decisions of the Allahabad High Court, which had already settled that, in cases involving fraudulent transactions, the Cyber Cell cannot freeze an entire bank account and may only freeze the amount representing the...