Criminal Law—Bank Account Freeze—Quashing under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528: The High Court may invoke its inherent jurisdiction to quash a bank account freeze imposed without judicial sanction—While temporary freezes during investigation are permissible to preserve assets, continuous debit freezes after submission of the charge-sheet, based solely on administrative communications, are arbitrary, illegal, and an abuse of process—Post-investigation, the authority to regulate property vests with the trial court, not bank officials—Unchecked administrative restraints violate the accused’s rights and circumvent judicial oversight—The impugned freeze order by the branch manager is quashed, and accounts are directed to be de-frozen. ...

(A) Bank Accounts's operation during trial—Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, Section 37—Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sections 409, 420, 477(A)—Under Trial's right to operate Bank Accounts—only for smooth functioning of the 103 educational institutions and more than a dozen primary health centres run by the petitioners—Petitioners would not only maintain proper and complete statement of accounts but would also get the same audited by a Chartered Accountant and provide quarterly statements of the same to the Investigating Officer or to the Trial Court on regular basis—Pending proceedings before all other forums to continue in accordance with law where it would be open for all the parties concerned to raise all such contentions as may be available under law. (Para 7) (B) Contempt of Court...