KAILASH CHAND SONDHI vs NATIONAL CYBER CRIME CO-ORDINATION CENTER & ORS.

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$~18 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4597/2026 and CM APPL. 22451/2026 Date of decision: 21.05.2026 IN THE MATTER OF:- KAILASH CHAND SONDHI .....Petitioner Through: Mr Manoj Kumar Pathy, Advocate versus NATIONAL CYBER CRIME CO-ORDINATION CENTER & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vedansh Anand, SPC with Mr.Kush Garg, Adv. for R-1 to 3. Mr.Harsheet Dhir, Advocate for R-4. Mr. Abhishek Baid, Advocate, Mr. Mohit Kumar Bafna, Mr. Anup Jain, Advocates for R-6. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV JUDGEMENT PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J. (ORAL) 1. The instant petition is for the following reliefs:- “a. direct the Cyber Crime Police Station, Tiruchirapalli to withdraw the order/.letter whereby two bank accounts i.e. Bank Account bearing no.2240110190055070 having IFSC CODE UJVNO002240, Ujivan Small Finance Bank Uttam Nagar, New Delhi and Bank Account bearing no. 158920523393 in IndusInd Bank, Krishna Nagar, New Delhi were got frozen in COMPLT -32907250044664 27-07-2025 registered at National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, New Delhi; b. direct the branch managers of UJJIVAN SMALL FINANCE BANK Signature Not Verified Signature Not Verified Signed By:NEHA CHOPRA Signed Signing Date:26.05.2026 By:PURUSHAINDRA 20:16:04 KUMAR KAURAV UTTAM NAGAR NEW DELHI and INDUSLND BANK, KRISHNA NAGAR, NEW DELHI to unfreeze the respective bank accounts belonging to the petitioner.” 2. Counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondent nos. 4 and 5. 3. Upon consideration of the averments made in the counter affidavit filed on behalf of Respondent No. 4, it is clear that the petitioner, had received an amount of Rs.20,000/- from Mr. Danabalan in relation to visa- related services. Pursuant to this, a complaint regarding the same transaction was registered as N