IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF AUGUST 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NO.28192 OF 2019 AND W.P.NOS.33590-596 OF 2019 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN:
1. MR. AMIT MITTAL SON OF BHAGWAN MITTAL AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS RESIDENT OF HOUSE NO.2391, NEW MANDI EXTENSION BAWANA ROAD, NARELA, DELHI – 110 040 2. MR DHEERAJ KUMAR DAHIYA S/O SH SATBIR DAHIYA, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS R/O NAHRI VILLAGE & P O SONIPAT HARYANA – 131 103 3. RAKHI DAHIYA W/O DHEERAJ DAIYA AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS R/O NAHRI VILLAGE & P O SONIPAT HARYANA – 131 103 4. MR ANAND SINGH S/O RAMESH CHAND AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS R/O HOUSE NO 595-C, BH BLOCK OPPOSITE SHALIMAR BAGH P S SHALIMAR BAGH NEW DELHI -110 088 5. MS CHARU CHAWLA D/O VIJAY CHAWLA AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS RESIDENT AT B-5/56, ROHINI SECTOR 5, DELHI – 110 085 6. MS RENU CHAWLA W/O VIJAY CHAWLA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS RESIDENT AT B-5/56, ROHINI SECTOR 5, DELHI – 110 085 7. MS SUNAYNA KUMAR W/O ARVIND KHATRI AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS RESIDENT AT M 116, GS APARTMENT, ROHINI SECTOR 15, DELHI – 110 085 8. MR AMIR S/O DHULA RAM, AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS BUANA VILLAGE, JULANA – TEHSIL JIND DISTRICT HARYANA - 126114 (BY SRI. GANGADHAR, ADVOCATE) AND:
… PETITIONERS 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU – 560 001 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, BENGALURU – 560 001 3. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OFFICE OF THE BANGALORE POLICE COMMISSIONER INFANTRY ROAD, BENGALURU – 560 001 4. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE CYBER CRIME POLICE STATION, CID NO 1, CARLTON HOUSE, PALACE ROAD, BENGALURU – 560 001 5. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE OPP. SHIMOGA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES BENGALURU – HONNAVAR ROAD SHIVAMOGGA – 577 202 … RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. B. BALAKRISHNA, AGA) THESE WRIT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECT THE R-4 TO DEFREEZE THE RESPECTIVE ACCOUNTS OF THE PETITONERS WITH THEIR BANKERS AS PER THE REPRESENTATIONS DATED 07.12.2018 PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE-A.
THESE WRIT PETITIONS COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:-
ORDER Sri. Gangadhar, learned counsel for the petitioners.
Sri. B. Balakrishna, learned Additional Government Advocate for the respondents.
These petitions are admitted for hearing. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the same are heard finally.
2. In these petitions, the petitioners inter alia seek for a direction to respondent No.4 to defreeze the respective accounts of the petitioners with their bankers as per the representations dated 07.12.2018 produced at Annexure-A.
3. When these matter were taken up today, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the writ petitions may be disposed of with direction to respondent No.4 to consider the representations dated 07.12.2018 submitted by the petitioners in accordance with law.
4. On the other hand, learned Additional Government Advocate for the respondents submitted that the representations submitted by the petitioners shall be dealt with in accordance with law, if not already decided.
5. In view of the submissions made and in the facts of the case, the writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to consider and decide the representations submitted by the petitioners, if not already decided, in accordance with law by a speaking order within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order passed today.
6. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on merits of the case.
Accordingly, these writ petitions are disposed of.
Sd/- JUDGE Mds/-