SOURAV vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

CWP-12687-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 120 CWP-12687-2026 Date of Decision: 14.05.2026 Sourav …Petitioner Versus Union of India and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. Mohit Kakkar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India (through video conferencing) with Ms. Neha Sharma, Senior Panel Counsel for Union of India-respondent No.1 Mr. Teginder Singh, Advocate for respondent No.7 *** 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.7 to de-freeze his bank account maintained with Punjab National Bank. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent No.7-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 entry to the tune of ₹3,757 which has been alleged to be suspicious. There is no order of Magistrate