Manisha Kedia v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

February 9, 2024 AD 16 Ct. No.14 SG WPA 23831 of 2023 Manisha Kedia vs State of West Bengal and another Mr. Anirban Dutta Ms. Uma Bagree Mr. Pradip Kumar ... for the petitioner Mr. K.J. Yusuf Ms. Rupsha Chakraborty ... for the State Report filed by the State is taken on record. Learned advocate for the State submits as follows. During investigation it was revealed that the petitioner's SBI Account No.20128022964 did not receive any defrauded money but one cheque vide No.000515 of said account was used to open the beneficiary IDFC Bank account No.10078474182. The said HDFC bank account also did not receive any defrauded amount. Nor was it used to commit any fraud. Therefore, the State only wants to retain the order of freezing as regards the IDFC bank account as mentioned above. The investigating agency also requires to obtain the signature of the petitioner for comparison.

In view of the above, the SBI Account No.20128022964 and HDFC bank account No.50100454414049 shall be released forthwith.

The investigating officer of the case shall be at liberty to go to the residence of the petitioner at Raipur to collect her signature in original. This shall be used for the purpose of investigation.

In the event any further statement is required from the petitioner, the investigating agency shall examine the petitioner through video conference with prior notice. No further order need be passed in this regard. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of.

Urgent certified copies of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.

[ Jay Sengupta, J. ]