1 2025:CGHC:61344 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 9220 of 2025 1 - Rohit Rajendra Raut S/o Rajendra Raut Aged About 36 Years R/o Swarna Petals Flat. No. P. 01, Shahupuri Satara, P.S. Shahupuri, Dist- Satara, Maharashtra. 2 - Sahil Santosh Godse S/o Santosh Godse Aged About 25 Years R/o Masve Road, Jadhav Colony, Karanje Naka, House No.210, Block- No. Cps Borgaon, District- Satara Maharashtra, 3 - Sameer Subhash Shinde S/o Subhash Shinde Aged About 23 Years R/o Sablewadi Dist- Satara, Maharashtra. ... Applicants versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Police Station Incharge, P.S. Cyber Police Station Durg Range, District – Durg, C.G. ... Non-applicant For Applicants : Mr. Pragalbha Sharma, Advocates. For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Jitendra Shrivastava, Govt. Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 16.12.2025 1. This is the First bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicants arrested in connection with Crime No. 04/2025, registered at Police Station – Cyber Police Station, Durg Range, District – Durg (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(1), 317(4) of BNS and Section 66(d) of Information Technology (IT) Act. RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI 2 2. As per the prosecution story in brief, is that complainant's wife received a message on her Telegram ID from another ID claiming to offer work from home. The complainant and his wife acted as per instruction given in the said Telegram ID and were deceived into transferring money to various accounts. A written complaint was filed, alleging that the complainant and his wife were defrauded of a total of Rs. 10,60,912/- using a fake Telegram ID and personal ID. On the basis of which the crime was registered and the present applicants has been arrested by the police. Hence, this application. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicants are innocent and they have been falsely implicated in the present case, and there is no evidence on record to prove that the applicants are involved in the online fraud. It is further submitted that the allegations are based entirely on the false allegations, and no directed evidence connects the applicant to the alleged crime. It is further submitted that there is no any previous criminal antecedents of the applicants, and the applicants are in jail since 20.08.2025 and 21.08.2025, and the trial is likely to take quite long time, hence, he prays for grant of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the applicant and submitted that it transpires that allegation against the present applicant is that a complainant's wife received a message on her Telegram ID from another ID claiming to offer work from home. The complainant and his wife acted as per instruction given in the said Telegram ID and were deceived into transferring money to various accounts. A written complaint was filed, alleging that the complainant and his wife were defrauded of a total of Rs. 10,60,912/- 3 using a fake Telegram ID and personal ID, on the basis of the complaint filed by the complainant, and applicant was arrested by the Police. Therefore, the bail application of the applicant is liable to be rejected. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 6. In compliance of the Court’s order dated 17.11.2025, the Investigating Officer of the subject crime number, Police Station – Range Cyber Durg, District – Durg (C.G.), has filed his affidavit showing the incriminating evidence collected against the applicant during the course of investigation, which is quoted here as under: “1. That, I am posted as the Investigating Officer of the subject crime number and Station House Officer, Police Station Range Cyber Durg, District Durg (C.G.) and duly authorized to swear this affidavit on behalf of the Non Applicants/State in compliance of the Hon'ble Court's order dated 17.11.2025 and as such fully conversant with the facts of the case. 2. That, the subject case came up for hearing before the Hon'ble Court on 17.11.2025 and after hearing of this matter, the Hon'ble Court has been pleased to direct the concerned Investigating Officer to file his personal affidavit showing the evidence collected during the course of investigation against the Applicants. Therefore, in compliance whereof, the instant affidavit is being filed before this Hon'ble Court for its kind perusal and consideration. 3. That, in compliance of the Hon'ble Court's order, it is most humbly and respectfully submitted that, the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, has created a Cyber Crime Reporting Portal to prevent cyber crime in India in which, the victims of cyber crime report online by giving details of the cyber fraud committed with them and by filling the 4 information of mobile numbers and bank accounts used in cyber fraud. 4. That, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has established a Cyber Crime Reporting Portal to prevent cyber crime in India. Victims of cyber crime can report online by detailing their cyber fraud, including the mobile number and bank account used in the fraud. These are the bank accounts used by cyber crime offenders to launder fraud proceeds. 5. That, as per the instruction received from the higher authorities, the information related to the such mobile SIM numbers which have been used for obtaining illegal money through cyber fraud, was collected from the Coordination Portal of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre operated by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, which is a comprehensive guide for sharing information of cyber crime for investigation purpose to the Police. 6. That, as per prosecution story, in brief, on the basis of the complaint made through the Indian Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, the subject crime was registered against the accused Applicants and other accused persons for the offence punishable under aforesaid Sections of the BNS, 2023 and the matter was taken into investigation. During the investigation, it was found that, various accounts of District have been used for transactions of fraudulent money of cyber crime/fraud. 7. That, the complainant Swaraj Banerjee resident of Matri Nagar, Risali, Bhilai has lodged a complaint before the Police Station Range Cyber Durg regarding cyber fraud committed with him, therefore, the Crime No. 04/2025 has been registered at Police Station Range Cyber Durg, District Durg for the offence punishable under Sections 318 (4) and 336 of the BNS, 2023 and under Section 66 (D) of the IT Act, 2000 against the accused persons and the matter was taken into investigation. 8. That, the complaints have been made in the Cyber Crime Reporting Portal regarding the aforesaid incident vide Acknowledgement Numbers 33306250017095, 33306250017099, 33306250017100, 33306250017101 and 33306250017111 wherein, in the Acknowledgement Number 33306250017111, the transaction has been found to be 5 made in the Bank Account Number 44112759577 of the accused Sachin Nalge. 9. That, during the investigation, the information regarding all the bank accounts in which, the wife of the complainant had made money transactions, was obtained from the relevant banks. Based on the information received, SBI Bank Account Number 44112759577 in which, the complainant has made a transaction of Rs. 1,71,244/-. After finding out the address of the aforesaid bank account holder as Sachin Nalge, Resident of Sadar Bazar Satara, Police Station Shahupuri, District Satara, Maharashtra, therefore, a special team was formed and sent to District Satara and after taking the accused Sachin Nalge in custody and interrogating him, on taking a memorandum statement, the said accused Sachin Nalge has categorically deposed that, he had met his acquaintance Rohit Rajendra Raut and the accused Rohit Rajendra Raut told that, he had arranged a meeting for Sachin with his brother in law's son Sameer Shinde, in return of which, Sameer Shinde has given Rs. 40-50 thousands to Sachin in several installments. 40-50 thousands to Sachin in several installments. After the accused Sachin claimed that, the aforesaid bank account number belonged to him and confessed to the crime, he was duly arrested and one SBI VISA Card, one SBI Cheque Book, The mobile number linked to the said bank account and one mobile phone were seized from him. 10. That, during investigation, it was found that, on 27.06.2025, an amount of Rs. 1,71,244/- has been deposited through cyber fraud into the aforesaid SBI Bank Account Number 44112759577 of the accused Sachin Nalge. A total amount of Rs. 19,35,341/- has been credited in the aforesaid SBI Bank Account Number 44112759577 of the accused Sachin Nalge during the short span of time period from 15.06.2025 to 30.06.2025 and a total amount of Rs. 19,35,036/- has been debited from the aforesaid SBI Bank Account Number 44112759577 of the accused Sachin Nalge by the accused persons. The details of the complaints made by victims of the various States of the country regarding cyber fraud committed by the accused persons through the aforesaid SBI Bank Account Number 44112759577 of the accused Sachin Nalge, are as under: - S. No. Acknowledegment Number State District Police Station 1. 20210250043442 Andhra Pradesh YSR Badvel Rural - Gopavaram 6 2. 21507250019092 Kerala Palakkad Kozhinjampara 3. 33306250017111 Chhattisgarh Durg Newai 11. That, during investigation, the information regarding the concerned bank accounts in which, the transactions have been made by the wife of the complainant, has been obtained from the concerned Banks. On the basis of the information received, it was found that, the SBI Account Number 44112759577 in which, an amount of the complainant amounting to sum of Rs. 1,71,244/- has been transacted and the aforesaid bank account holder is Sachin Nalge resident of Sadar Bazar, Satara, PS Shahupuri, District Satara, Maharashtra. Thereafter, the said bank account was summoned and his memorandum statement was taken wherein, he deposed that, he is acquainted with one Rohit and has introduced with the son of his brother in law Sameer Shinde. 12. That, during investigation, the said accused applicant Sameer Shinde was summoned and his memorandum statement was taken wherein, he deposed that, the amount of cyber fraud from Sachin Nalge, was given to Sahil Godse by him. Thereafter, the said accused applicant Sahil Godse was summoned and his memorandum statement was taken wherein, he deposed that, he is acquainted with the accused applicants Rohit Raut and Sameer Shinde and has accepted to take the fraud amount from them. 13. That, during investigation, it was found that, another bank account number 44172062214 in which, an amount of the complainant amounting to Rs 3,08,500/- has been transacted on 27.06.2025 by online internet banking cyber fraud/crime and the aforesaid bank account belongs to one Hemant Kushwaha, resident of Ramnagar, Vijanwada, Pipariya, District Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh and he was interrogated wherein, he has categorically deposed in his summoned and memorandum statement that, he has received the online cyber fraud amount in his SBI Bank Account Number 44172062214 and one of his acquaintance Varun Vaishnav has got opened a bank account by alluring him of money and after opening the bank account, he has given the bank account KIT, ATM Card, Cheque Book and linked mobile number to the said Varun Vaishnav. 14. That, thereafter, the present accused Applicant No. 1 Rohit Rajendra Raut was traced out and interrogated wherein, he has categorically deposed in his memorandum 7 statement that, he is well acquainted with the accused Sachin Nalge and the amount received through cyber crime has been given to the accused applicant Sahil Santosh Godse on which, the accused Rohit Rajendra Raut is said to have received Rs. 1000 as commission from Sahil for every Rs. 1 Lac. 15. That, on HDFC Bank Account, one Bank of India Account, one Canara Bank Account, one SBI Account, one Axis Bank account, one Bank of India RuPay Card and one Vivo company mobile phone have been seized from the accused applicant Rohit Rajendra Raut's possession and he has been arrested by the police authority. 16. That, during investigation, it was found that, a total amount of Rs. 10,17,365/- has been credited in the HDFC Bank Account Number 50100803164169 of the accused applicant Rohit Rajendra Raut during the short span of time period from 15.06.2024 to 30.07.2025 and a total amount of Rs. 10,12,295/- has been debited from the aforesaid Bank Account of the accused applicant Rohit Rajendra Raut. 17. That, during investigation, it was found that, a total amount of Rs. 15,04,032/- has been credited in the SBI Bank Account Number 44002595351 of the accused applicant Rohit Rajendra Raut during the short span of time period from 01.02.2025 to 30.06.2025 and a total amount of Rs. 15,03,990/- has been debited from the aforesaid Bank Account of the accused applicant Rohit Rajendra Raut. 18. That, the details of the complaints made by victims of the various States of the country regarding online cyber fraud committed by the accused persons through the Bank of India Account Number 130810110024953 of the accused Rohit Rajendra Raut, are as under: - S. No. Acknowledegment Number State District Police Station 1. 31607250082605 Karnataka Bangalore City Chandralayout 2. 31607250085198 Karnataka Bangalore City Mahadevapura 3. 31908250149282 Maharashtra Brihan Mumbai City Station West Region 19. That, the details of the complaints made by victims of the various States of the country regarding online cyber fraud committed by the accused persons through the HDFC Bank Account Number 50100803164169 of the accused Rohit Rajendra Raut, are as under: - 8 S. No. Acknowledegment Number State District Police Station 1. 31506250012616 Kerala Thrissur City Guruvayoor 2. 31606250069499 Karnataka Davanagere Devanagere CEN Crime PS 3. 32905250024916 Tamil Nadu CCW SP-I Chennai South 20. That, the details of the complaints made by victims of the various States of the country regarding online cyber fraud committed by the accused persons through the Canara Bank Account Number 110237797748 of the accused Rohit Rajendra Raut, are as under: - S. No. Acknowledegment Number State District Police Station 1. 31606250069499 Karnataka Davanagere Devanagere CEN Crime PS 21. That, the details of the complaints made by victims of the various States of the country regarding online cyber fraud committed by the accused persons through the State Bank of India Account Number 44002595351 of the accused Rohit Rajendra Raut, are as under: - S. No. Acknowledegment Number State District Police Station 1. 31905250024916 Tamil Nadu CCW SP-I Chennai South 22. That, thereafter, the present accused Applicant Sahil Santosh Godse was traced out and interrogated wherein, he has categorically deposed in his memorandum statement that, he is well acquainted with the accused applicant Rohit Rajendra Raut and Sameer Shinde. It is further deposed that, the amount received through online cyber crime has been given to the accused applicant Rohit Rajendra Raut and Sameer Shinde on which, both accused applicants are said to have received Rs. 1000 as commission from the accused Sahil Santosh Godse for every Rs. 1 Lac. The accused applicant Rohit Rajendra Raut has given Rs. 17-18 Lacs approximately to the accused applicant Santosh Godse in 4-5 installments and the accused Sameer Shinde has given Rs. 50-25 Lacs approximately to the accused applicant Santosh Godse, which has been given to another accused Vanraj @ Jigar Patel by the present accused applicant Sahil Santosh Godse. 23. That, Kotak Mahindra Bank ATM Card, Axis Bank ATM Card 2 Nos., ICICI Bank ATM Cards 3 Nos., SBI Card, HDFC Bank ATM Cards 2 Nos., ICICI Bank Credit Card, Post Payment Bank ATM Card, Apple 16 Pro Max Mobile Phone, Mobile Phone Infinix Company and cash Rs. 15,000/- have been seized from the accused applicant Sahil 9 Santosh Godse's possession and he has been arrested by the police authority. 24. That, during investigation, the accused Sameer Shinde was summoned and interrogated and his memorandum statement was taken wherein, he has categorically admitted the fact that, he is well acquainted with the accused Sachin Nalge and he has received the commission on the amount received from the online cyber fraud/crime. It is further deposed by him that, he has given Rs. 20-25 approximately to the accused applicant Sahil Santosh Godse. Thereafter, one Axis Bank Credit Card, Bank of Baroda Cheque Book, one Apple Iphone have been seized from the accused Sameer Shinde's possession and he has been arrested by the police authority. 25. That, if the present accused applicants are granted bail, they will certainly abscond which will have an adverse effect on the investigation of the case and their morale will be boosted and they will again form their own gang and repeat the serious crime like cyber fraud which will create resentment in the society. Therefore, if they are granted bail, they will certainly abscond and influence the evidence, which will have an adverse effect on the investigation of the case, which will create resentment in the society, as they have been arrested after considerable efforts made by the concerned police authorities. 26. That, the present accused Applicants have been arrested by the police of Police Station City Kotwali, Raigarh/Range Cyber Durg on 20.08.2025 and 21.08.2025 respectively; in connection with Crime No. 04/2025, registered at Police Station Range Cyber Durg, District Durg (C.G.) against the accused Applicants and other accused persons for the offence punishable under Sections 318 (4), 336 (1) and 317 (4) of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023 and under Section 66 (D) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. 27. That, the Deponent herein is duty bound to adhere and comply with the direction issued by this Hon'ble Court from time to time and it shall be his most sincere endeavour to ensure implement action with the coordination of the Police Officials as early as possible. 28. That, the Deponent has highest regards to the orders & directions passed by the Hon'ble Court from time to time and 10 as & when, any further direction be made by Hon'ble Court, the same will be complied with in its true spirit. 29. That, the contents of the attached Affidavit at Paragraphs No. 01 to 28, have been drafted under my instruction and the contents thereof are true and correct on the basis of the records, available in the office.” 7. Considering the facts & circumstances of the case, allegations levelled against the applicant in the FIR, and from the perusal of the records available, it transpires that the present accused applicants are active members of an organised cyber-fraud syndicate, who knowingly facilitated and participated in online cheating and laundering of fraud proceeds by operating and circulating multiple mule bank accounts across different States. The investigation reveals that complainant Swaraj Banerjee was defrauded of Rs. 1,71,244/-, which formed part of larger fraudulent transactions routed through SBI Account No. 44112759577 of accused Sachin Nalge, wherein a total amount of Rs. 19,35,341/- was credited and swiftly withdrawn. Further investigation has uncovered additional mule accounts operated by accused Rohit Rajendra Raut, involving credits of Rs. 10,17,365/- in his HDFC account and Rs. 15,04,032/- in his SBI account, as well as transactions of Rs. 3,08,500/- through the account of accused Hemant Kushwaha, all within short periods, demonstrating systematic laundering of cyber- fraud proceeds. The role of each applicant is corroborated by memorandum statements, bank records, seized ATM cards, mobile phones, and inter-se transfer of funds for commission, thus, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant on regular bail. 8. Accordingly, this first bail application of applicants – Rohit Rajendra 11 Raut, Sahil Santosh Godse and Sameer Subhash Shinde , involved in Crime No. 04/2025, registered at Police Station – Cyber Police Station, Durg Range, District – Durg (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(1), 317(4) of BNS and Section 66(d) of Information Technology (IT) Act, is rejected at this stage. 9. Needless to say that the learned trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed with the trial and conclude the same, expeditiously. 10. 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 Rajshekhar