For one Bengaluru resident, a police freeze request involving Rs 25,000 ended up blocking access to his entire bank account. The matter eventually reached the Karnataka High Court, which has now made it clear that banks cannot go beyond the scope of directions issued by investigating agencies simply because they fear more requests may arrive later.
The ruling came in a petition filed by Madhu, a private sector employee from Bengaluru, who challenged the action of IndusInd Bank's Kothanur branch after it froze his entire account.
