SABNAM vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CWP-15450-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 122 CWP-15450-2026 Date of Decision: 27.05.2026 Sabnam …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Aazam Khan, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Deepak Vashishth, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana Mr. Karan Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Nitin Thatai, Advocate for respondent Nos.2 and 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 her bank account maintained with HDFC Bank. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent No.3-bank has frozen petitioner’s account without notice. As per petitioner’s information, the bank has acted upon directions of Law Enforcement Agencies. She is not involved in any criminal activity. She is not named in any FIR relating to financial fraud, if any, committed by unknown persons. There are entries to the tune of ₹3,000/- which have been credited in her account by unscrupulous ones. There is no order of Magistrate under Section 107 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (