1 / 3 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 5063 of 2025 Shubham Singh Thakur S/o Arjun Singh Thakur Aged About 27 Years R/o Mathpara, Dudhadhari Mandir Road, Bajrang Chouwk, Ward No. 64, Thana - Tikrapara, District Raipur Chhattisgarh. ...Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The S.H.O. Civil Line, District Raipur Chhattisgarh. ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Amiya Bhushan, Advocate. For Non-Applicant/State : Mr. Amiya Bhushan, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 01.07.2025 1. This is the second bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 44/2025 registered at Police Station Civil Lines, District – Raipur (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 111, 3(5), 317(2), 317(4) & 317(5) of BNS 2023. 2. The earlier bail application of the applicant has been rejected by this VAIBHAV SINGH Digitally signed by VAIBHAV SINGH Date: 2025.07.02 18:37:31 +0530 2 / 3 Hon’ble Court vide order dated 21.04.2025 passed in MCRC No. 2096 of 2025. 3. As per prosecution case in brief is that the applicant is an employee of the Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, Branch Civil Line Raipur. On being informed through cybercrime reporting portal that 104 bank accounts have been opened in Utkarsh Small Finance Bank branch Civil Line District Raipur whose IFSC code is UTKS0001400, which are being used to obtain money through cyber fraud. On the basis of the said information, Civil Line Police Station has registered a crime against all the bank holders and investigation is being done. The applicant is accused of opening mule account in connivance with Yash Bhatia, a resident of Dongargarh, and other bank employees and selling the said account to Yash Bhatia. On the basis of the report, the police registered the offence against the applicant and he was arrested on 27.01.2025 4. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that the applicant has been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that this is the second bail application of the present applicant, earlier bail was rejected by this Hon’ble Court. He further submits that the applicant is working as a regular employee of the bank in Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, Civil Line, Raipur (C.G.) that most of the bank accounts which been opened before the appointed of the applicant/accused and there is no allegation in the charge-sheet that any forged document has been facilitated by the applicant under forged documents and bank and he is in jail since 27.01.2025, and conclusion of the trial may take some time, therefore, he prays for grant of regular bail to the present applicant. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the State/non-applicant would oppose 3 / 3 the bail application. 6. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the case diary. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature and gravity of the offence and further the fact that the bail applications of other co-accused persons have also been rejected by this Court and earlier also bail application of the applicant has also been rejected by this Court vide order dated 21.04.2025 in MCRC No. 2096 of 2025 and there is no change in the circumstances, therefore, I am not inclined to grant regular bail to the present applicant. 8. Accordingly, the second bail application of the applicant - Shubham Singh Thakur, involved in Crime No. 44/2025 registered at Police Station Civil Lines, District – Raipur (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 111, 3(5), 317(2), 317(4) & 317(5) of BNS 2023, is rejected. 9. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance forthwith. - Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice vaibhav