TANMAY MAINI vs STATE, NCT OF DELHI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 17th April, 2026 W.P.(CRL) 1230/2026 TANMAY MAINI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hemant Gulati, Advocate. versus STATE, NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC for the State with Mr. Arjit Sharma and Ms. Sakshi Jha, Advocates. SI Divyanshu and H.C. Ramotar. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner seeks directions to the respondent to defreeze his bank account. 2. He is maintaining a savings bank account bearing No. 5647267649 with Kotak Mahindra Bank,Vishal Enclave, Delhi. 3. His account was frozen in relation to some cyber complaint case of Dwarka, Delhi and he was informed by the bank that a lien of Rs.21,674/- had been created on his account. Fact, however, remains that his entire account has been frozen and, being a student, he is not even in a position to operate the bank and to meet his day-to-day needs. 4. According to petitioner, even with respect to the credit entry of Rs.21,674/-, the transaction was genuine one as the above amount was received in lieu of some decoration work which was carried out by his mother. 5. According to petitioner, he sent a represent