RAJESH KUMAR vs PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND OTHERS

CWP-9263-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 116 CWP-9263-2026 Date of Decision: 12.05.2026 Rajesh Kumar …Petitioner Versus Punjab National Bank and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Parveen, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Goel, Advocate and Mr. Chandeep Singh, Advocate for respondent No.1-bank *** 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.1 to de-freeze his bank account maintained with Punjab National Bank. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a practicing Lawyer. Respondent No.1-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 are entries of ₹3,03,101/- which have been credited in his account by unscrupulous ones. There is no order of Magistrate under Section 107 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (‘BNSS’) with res