NARENDER SONI vs STATE OF UNION TERRITORY CHANDIGARH

CWP-9141-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 118 CWP-9141-2026 Date of Decision: 07.05.2026 Narender Soni …Petitioner Versus State of Union Territory, Chandigarh and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Vikram Jeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Viraj Gandhi, Junior Panel Counsel for respondent No.1-U.T. Chandigarh Mr. Nitin Thatai, Advocate, Ms. Monika Thatai Advocate, Ms. Shruti Sharma, Advocate and Mr. Karan Sharma, Advocate for respondent No.3 *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is seeking direction to respondent No.3 to de-freeze his bank account maintained with HDFC Bank Limited. 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 directions of Law Enforcement Agencies. 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 no order of Magistrate under Section 107 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (‘