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2021 (7) TMI 1321 - HC - Money LaunderingSeeking release of provisionally attached Bank Accounts of petitioner - petitioners had submitted that the petitioners were ready and willing to secure the amount as presently available in these attached accounts - HELD THAT - Once the stated amount is secured by way of an FDR, the banks will permit the petitioners to operate these accounts, in the normal course of business. The petition is disposed off.
Issues:
Provisional attachment of bank accounts, seeking release of bank accounts, modification of attachment order, permission to operate bank accounts, securing amount in FDRs, direction to banks to permit operation of accounts. Analysis: The petitioners in this case sought a direction to release their bank accounts provisionally attached through PAO no. 05 of 2020, maintained in Nobel Cooperative Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Punjab National Bank. The petitioners expressed readiness to secure the available amounts in these accounts and requested modification of the attachment order to allow them to operate these accounts. Respondent's counsel informed that only the current amounts in the attached accounts were seized and had no objection to allowing the petitioners to operate these accounts while securing the available amounts. Consequently, the three banks, namely Kotak Mahindra Bank, Nobel Cooperative Bank, and Punjab National Bank, were directed to enable the petitioners to operate these accounts, subject to securing the available amounts in Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) in the petitioners' names. The FDRs would not be released to the petitioners unless ordered by a competent court or the Appellate Tribunal, PMLA, where the petitioners' appeal against the attachment order was pending. The court emphasized that once the amount was secured via FDRs, the banks must allow the petitioners to operate these accounts in the regular course of business. Consequently, the petition was disposed of on these terms.
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