Patna High Court
Ekta SinghversusThe State Bank of India
- Decided
- Disposal
- WITHDRAWN
- Bench
- A ABHISHEK REDDY
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.
Summary
Petitioner Ekta Singh filed a writ petition challenging the freezing of her bank account by State Bank of India, allegedly at the direction of cyber crime police, claiming undue mental harassment. The petitioner later informed the court that the account had been defreezed and sought permission to withdraw the petition while reserving the right to pursue other remedies. The court granted permission to withdraw the writ petition. Consequently, the petition was dismissed as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the dispute were adjudicated.
Subjects
- account freezing
- bank
- cyber crime
- writ petition
- mental harassment
- withdrawal of petition
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18846 of 2025
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Ekta Singh wife of Ajit Kumar Singh, resident of near Shiv Mandir, Shahar
Chapra, PO.- Sahar Chapra, P.S. -Derni, District Saran.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State Bank of India through its Chairman, State Bank Bhaan, Madame
Cama Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai.
2. The Deputy General Manager, State Bank of India, Administrative Office at
Poddar Complex, 2nd floor nearby the road, Mithanpura, Muzaffarpur.
3. The Additional General Manager, State Bank of India, Administrative Office
at Poddar Complex, 2nd floor nearby the road, Mithanpura, Muzaffarpur.
4. The Branch Manager, Branch ADB, State Bank of India, Taraiya, Saran.
5. The State of Bihar through the Director General of Police, Patna
6. The Director General of Police, State Cyber Crime, CIB Crime, 7th Floor,
C-Wing, Block II, KaramyodiBhawan, Sector-10A, Gandhi Nagar, Gujrat
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Verma, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv.
For the Respondent/s : Mr. Government Pleader (05)
For the SBI : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
For the State : Mr. Nalin Singh, Adv.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY
ORAL ORDER
3 22-01-2026 Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
petitioner submits that the account of the petitioner has been
defreezed and therefore the cause in the present writ petition
does not survive. Further, the learned counsel has stated that the
petitioner has been put to undue mental harassment due to the
freezing of the account by the bank at the behest of the Cyber
Crime Police.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission
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to withdraw the present writ petition with a liberty to avail the
alternative remedies as available to him under the law if he has
any grievance against the respondent Bank or the Cyber Crime
Police.
3. Permission is granted.
4. The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with
the aforesaid liberty.
(A. Abhishek Reddy , J)
Gauravkr/-
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