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Supreme Court Rules Police Can Freeze Bank Accounts in Corruption Cases Using CrPC Powers

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The Supreme Court of India has ruled that investigative authorities possess the power to freeze bank accounts under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) even when the proceedings are initiated under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988. The judgment, delivered by a bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, addresses the…

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Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma is the Content Editor at JurisHour. He has been writing about the Indian legal market. He has covered tax & company litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and Various Tribunals. Amit graduated from MLSU Law College with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. from MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan. An Advocate in Taxation, and practised in Tribunals as well as Rajasthan High Court and pursued Masters in Constitutional Law. He started out small with little resources but a big plan to take tax legal education to the remotest locations across India and eventually to the world. His vision is to make tax related legal developments accessible to the masses.

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