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Cases related to online fraud continue to be exposed every day. A similar case occurred in Delhi. A man in Ashok Vihar used to sell Chole-Bhatura from a cart. One day, 105 rupees were deposited into his account. His account has since been frozen. To this end, he filed a lawsuit in court. The matter was brought to the High Court. Now the Delhi High Court has given a big relief to that person. The court ordered the bank to lift the transaction ban on the man’s account, citing the right to livelihood.
The High Court said it could understand the petitioner’s issue as the petitioner sells Chole-Bhatura on push carts. He relies on daily income to support his family. Justice Manoj Jain said there was no indication that the petitioner was the mastermind of the cybercrime or was involved in it.
Court order to bank
There was also no suggestion he knowingly obtained money from illegal activities, he said. This restriction on bank accounts is wrong. The court ordered Union Bank of India to open the account normally except that there was Rs 105 in the account.
The court ordered the bank to provide information to investigative agencies probing the fraud. The court said that according to the investigating agency, the amount of fraud amounted to Rs 71,000. Of this, only Rs.105 reached the petitioner’s account.
What did the petitioner say?
The petitioner said he earns a living by selling Chole-Bhatura from a push cart in Ashok Vihar in northwest Delhi. He wants to withdraw funds from his account in October. But that can’t happen. When he went to the bank, he found that someone had wired Rs 105 to his account. The money came from online fraud.
