1 2025:CGHC:40517 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 1222 of 2025 • Akash S/o Shri Ashok Kumar, Aged About 27 Years R/o Near Telaghani Kirana Store, Manjhi Chowk Zone 3 Sector 11, Khurshipar Bhilai District Durg (C.G.) ... Applicant versus • State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station Balod District Balod (C.G.) ... Respondent (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Applicant : Mr. Arvind Sinha, Advocate For Respondent/State : Mr. Swajeet Singh Ubweja, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 12.08.2025 1. The applicant has preferred this application under Section 482 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of Anticipatory Bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No. 60/2025, registered at Police Station – Balod, District – Balod (C.G.) for the alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 317(2), 317(4), 318(4), 61(2)(v) and 111 of BNS. 2. According to the prosecution story, SHO Balod received information regarding 10 bank account of Bank of Maharashtra were used for deposit of money obtained through cyber fraud from different places VAISHALI LUCKY NAGARIA Digitally signed by VAISHALI LUCKY NAGARIA Date: 2025.08.14 11:19:19 +0530 2 of India between 01.01.2024 to 02.02.2025 to the tune of Rs 3,19,145/-. Allegation against the co-accused is that Khileshwari Dhruv (Co-accused) offered him Rs.5000/- in return for providing bank account details and document of an account at Bank of Maharashtra, and subsequently he has taken bank account details and documents of his father Tika Ra Malekar and handed over the same to Khileshwari Dhruv (Co-accused). Hence this bail application. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in this case. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant is that the charges leveled against him just in order to harass him, he had no such bank accounts which can be operated as mule account nor his identity proof has been used with his consent to open any account in any of the bank branches to earn any kind of profit. He also submits that the applicant is a young boy, who is aged about 27 years. Therefore, he prays for grant of anticipatory bail to the present applicant. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the submission made by the learned counsel for the applicant and further submits that the present applicant was involved in the said offence, present case is of the nature of cyber fraud, by which the complainant suffered of huge amount and it can not be said that the applicant is an innocent person and he was also involved in crime in question. Therefore, he is not entitled for grant of anticipatory bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence and material on record in the case diary and also considering the fact present case is 3 of the nature of cyber fraud, by which the complainant suffered of huge amount and it can not be said that the applicant is an innocent person and he was also involved in crime in question, and it can not be said that the applicant has no knowledge of about the transactions, as on the other hand it goes to show that the applicant was involved in crime in question, therefore, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the applicant. 7. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application of the applicant–Akash filed under Section 482 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 involved in Crime No.60/2025, registered at Police Station – Balod, District – Balod (C.G.) for the alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 317(2), 317(4), 318(4), 61(2)(v) and 111 of BNS, is rejected. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice vaishali