Case Law Analysis
|Karnataka High Court
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 316/318 | Police Freeze of Salary Account Without Statutory Authority Illegal : Karnataka HC
Karnataka High Court holds that police cannot freeze a salary account under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, without explicit statutory authority, quashing the debit freeze order. The ruling reinforces financial rights of accused persons during investigations and mandates defreezing within three days, setting a precedent for proportional police action under BNS.