AMIT BHUTANI vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ANR

CWP-4993-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 111 CWP-4993-2026 Date of Decision: 12.05.2026 Amit Bhutani …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Ms. Indu Bala, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Deepak Vashisth, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana Mr. Gaurav Goel, Advocate for respondent No.3-bank *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner through instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is seeking direction to respondent No.3 to de-freeze his Gold Loan Account maintained with State Bank of India. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent-bank has frozen petitioner’s account without notice. As per petitioner’s information, the bank has acted upon complaint of third parties. He is not involved in any criminal activity. He is not named in any FIR relating to financial fraud, if any, committed by unknown persons. There is an entry of ₹60,000/- which he transferred from his HDFC Bank Account to SBI Gold Loan Account. There is no order of Magistrate under Section 107 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (‘BNSS’) with respect to his account. The