Can police freeze account only on basis of complaint without FIR of accused?if so then how to defreeze accounts by legal ways.?
smit sanjaybhi shah (student ) 23 August 2024
Can police freeze account only on basis of complaint without FIR of accused?if so then how to defreeze accounts by legal ways.?
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate) 23 August 2024
Neogy [2 (1999) 7 SCC 685] that even bank accounts fall within the phrase 'any property' under Section 102 of the CrPC and could therefore be frozen by the investigating authorities, if found to have direct links with the commission of an offence,
These are intended to give the police and other investigating agencies broad authority to effectively look into and prosecute cases involving complex financial transactions. The investigative agencies, inter alia, have been given the power to freeze bank accounts for better investigation of the crime.
You may first scertain the facts and then approach the concerned police for remedy.