Calcutta HC Ordered Bank Account Defreeze as Police Did Not Follow BNSS Procedure

Tamasha Samanta Vs Union of India & Ors. (Calcutta High Court) In Tamasha Samanta Vs Union of India & Ors., the Calcutta High Court considered a writ petition seeking directions to IDBI Bank to defreeze the petitioner’s current bank account maintained at the Konnagar Branch in West Bengal. The account had been frozen on 13 May 2024 following a request from the Cyber Cell Department of Odisha. The petitioner submitted that an amount of ₹6,50,000 had been transferred to the account by the petitioner’s mother on the same date. According to the petitioner, the account was frozen with...