WRIC/36408/2026 of AKHAND PRATAP SINGH Vs RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND 2 OTHERS on 10 September 2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Imran Syed, learned counsel for the respondent no. 2 bank.

2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has prayed for defreezing of bank account nos. 337112500053360 (SBI) and 50100801022470 (HDFC Bank).

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that his bank accounts have been freezed without intimating him about it.

4. Per contra, learned counsel for the respondent-Bank submits that not only the petitioner's account has been freezed for the complaint received by the Investigating Agency, there being doubtful transactions in his account but even otherwise the account of the petitioner cannot be made operational unless the KYC as required under the Banking Rules is completed at the end of the petitioner. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rajnish Kumar Srivastava, Siddharth Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : Satish Chaturvedi Akhand Pratap Singh .....Petitioner(s) Reserve Bank Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s)

4. In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to apply before the concerned respondent for de-freezing of the accounts. If he does so, the concerned respondent shall decide the same within a further period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order, in the light of the judgment of this Court in Ashish Rawat v. Union of India and 6 others, passed in Writ-C No. 1489 of 2026, decided on 08.04.2026.

September 11, 2026 IrfanUddin WRIC No. 36408 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- IRFAN UDDIN SIDDIKI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad