1 2025:CGHC:23880 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 842 of 2025 Govind Rana S/o Rajendra Rana Aged About 24 Years R/o Bank Badhai Tola Police Station Mohanpur Devghar District Devghar (Jharkhand) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through S.H.O. The Cyber Range Police Station Durg, District Durg Chhattisgarh. (Original Police Station Durg, District Durg Chhattisgarh. (Police Station Not Properly Mentioned In The Impugned Order) ... Respondent For Applicant : Shri Avinash Chand Sahu, Advocate. For Respondent/State : Ms. Shailja Shukla, Dy.G.A. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 13/06/2025 1. The applicant has preferred this application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), for grant of anticipatory bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No.7/2024, registered at Police Station Cyber Range Police Station, District - Durg (C.G.) (original police station Durg District Durg (C.G.) GOURI MUDALIAR Digitally signed by GOURI MUDALIAR Date: 2025.06.16 17:53:30 +0530 2 for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 420 of the Indian Penal Code & 66 of I.T. Act. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that complainant Vandana Jaiswal has lodged a report that she lives in Street no. 32, Sector-11, Khursipar, Bhilai and in the month of April 2023 she ordered an online parcel and thereafter on 01.05.2023 some unknown has called on her mobile number and told her to click the link sent on her mobile number and when she clicked the link Rs.99,000.00 was debited from her account. Thereafter, she lodged the above report and during investigation the concerned police station investigated the account number and during investigation it is found that account number which belongs to the name of present applicant that has been used by some unknown person for online fraud. Thereafter, on above notice, the applicant appeared before the concerned police station and submitted that the mobile numbers 7042770427, 7669300091, 9717465555 and 7669300097 does not belongs to him, but now he may be arrested by the police. Hence this bail application. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and falsely implicated in the instant case and he is not involved in business of online fraud. He would submit that the present applicant is not involved in commission of any crime and he is carpenter by profession and he has no any active bank account which is being used for online fraud and the present applicant even does not know about the above incident and when the police enquired the above matter, then he came to know about using his bank account and with the help of some bank officers some unknown persons are using the 3 account number and mobile number of applicant and other persons whose account number are dormant, the applicant has specifically stated that he is using only one mobile number "6207701794". He would submit that the applicant is permanent resident of above mentioned address and there is no likelihood of his absconding or tampering with the prosecution witnesses, therefore he prays to enlarge the applicant on anticipatory bail. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, also considering the nature of allegation that the applicant is said to have been involved in commission of online fraud and also considering the fact that investigation is still going on, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant. 7. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application of the applicant - Govind Rana, involved in Crime No.7/2024, registered at Police Station Cyber Range Police Station, District - Durg (C.G.) (original police station Durg District Durg (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 420 of the Indian Penal Code & 66 of I.T. Act is rejected. Sd/-Sd S Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice gouri