1 2025:CGHC:59271 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 8263 of 2025 Ravishankar Yadav S/o Prabhuram Yadav, Aged About 23 Years, R/o Village Telaimuda, Post- Tejpur, Tahsil Ramanujnagar, P.S. Ramanujnagar, District Surajpur (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Station Baikunthpur, District Baikunthpur- Koriya (C.G.) ... Non-Applicant For Applicant : Mr. V.K. Pandey, Advocate. For Non-Applicant/State : Mr. Jitendra Shrivastava, Government Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice Order on Board 05.12 .202 5 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 applicant arrested in connection with Crime No. 218/2025 registered at Police Station – Baikunthpur, District - Baikunthpur-Koriya (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 111, 317(1), 371(2), 317(4) and 317(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS). 2. The prosecution's case, in brief, is that the present applicant provided his new account with the Bank of Maharashtra for depositing the fraudulent amount into the said account for wrongful gain. During the PREETI KUMARI Digitally signed by PREETI KUMARI Date: 2025.12.08 17:26:16 +0530 2 course of investigation, the Cyber Cell Police, Baikunthpur, arrested the present applicant along with seven other co-accused persons and registered offences against them punishable under Sections 111, 317(1), 371(2), 317(4), and 317(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted the applicant is a resident of the remote village of Telaimuda, aged about 23 years, who has no knowledge of the fraudulent transactions or any alleged conspiracy. He has been falsely implicated due to the deceitful acts of the main accused persons. Further, the present applicant has not used any of the fraudulent money for his personal benefit. He also submits that the charge-sheet has been submitted in this case and he is in jail since 06.08.2025, and the conclusion of the trial shall take quite long time. Therefore, he prays for grant of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application and submits that from the perusal of record, it transpires that in the Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, the four victims of cyber crime have reported online by giving their details of the cyber fraud committed with them vide complaint Acknowledgement No. 32802240000024 made by the complainant namely Eden Lepcha from Village Pakyong, Dikling, District Pakyong, Sikkim regarding cyber fraud of Rs. 1,52,750/- committed with him through the Bank Account Number 60477576530 of the Bank of Maharashtra, Branch at Baikunthpur, District Korea of the present accused/applicant, further, during investigation, it was revealed that, the total amount of illegal transactions of Rs. 1,47,84,560/- was credited into the various mule 3 accounts of the accused persons by defrauding the innocent people of various States of the country out of which, the total amount of Rs. 1,45,50,243/- was debited by the accused persons. As such, the bail application deserves to be rejected. 5. In compliance of the Courts’ order dated 15.10.2025, the Investigating Officer, Police Station – Baikunthpur, District – Korea (C.G.), has filed his additional affidavit disclosing the evidence collected against the applicant during the course of investigation. The relevant portion of the affidavit reads as under:- “8. That, during investigation, the present accused applicant opened a bank account in exchange of money and gave his bank passbook and ATM Card to another person for illegal transactions. As evidence of the crime was found in the case, the accused was arrested through an arrest warrant and the family members of the accused were informed about his arrest. In this case, the arrest of one named absconding accused account holder and the accused who used the bank accounts is pending. The investigation in the case is going on and at this stage of the case, if the accused gets bail, it will affect the case. 9. That, in the online crime, the aforesaid bank account number of the present accused Applicant was used. The Applicant gave his aforesaid bank account number to the member of organized criminal group, therefore, the aforesaid FIR was registered by the Police of Police Station Baikunthpur, District Korea against the present accused Applicant and other accused persons for the offence punishable under aforesaid Sections of the BNS and they were arrested and after completion of the investigation, the final report/charge sheet has been filed before the concerned Jurisdictional Court below against the accused persons including the present Applicant. 10. That, it is humbly submitted that, if the Applicant get 4 the benefit of bail, they will again commit the crime line the one mentioned above and there is full possibility of influencing the witnesses of the case. 11. That, the present accused Applicant in the present case is well known to the other accused persons due to which, the they have taken the aforesaid bank accounts of the accused Applicant in a planned manner to receive and spend the money of cyber crime/fraud. 12. That, in the Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, the four victims of cyber crime have reported online by giving their details of the cyber fraud committed with them vide complaint Acknowledgement No. 32802240000024 made by the complainant namely Eden Lepcha from Village Pakyong. Dikling, District Pakyong, Sikkim regarding cyber fraud of Rs. 1,52,750/- committed with him through the Bank Account Number 60477576530 of the Bank of Maharashtra, Branch at Baikunthpur, District Korea of the present Accused Applicant. 13. That, vide another complaint Acknowledgement No. 32402240003688 made by the complainant namely Manoj Kumar Pradhan from District Angul, Odisha regarding cyber fraud of Rs. 3,599/- and Rs. 11,999/- committed with him through the Bank Account Number 60477576530 of the Bank of Maharashtra, Branch at Baikunthpur, District Korea of the present Accused Applicant. 14. That, vide another complaint Acknowledgement No. 31102240018711 made by the complainant namely Bhavesh Chandrapal from Village Malviya Nagar, District Rajkot City, Gujarat regarding cyber fraud of Rs. 99,497/- committed with him through the Bank Account Number 60477576530 of the Bank of Maharashtra, Branch at Baikunthpur, District Korea of the present Accused Applicant. 15. That, vide another complaint Acknowledgement No. 5 22902240009073 made by the complainant namely P. R. Jeyasankar from Village Madurai, District Madurai City, Tamil Nadu regarding cyber fraud of Rs. 4200/- and 16899/- committed with him through the Bank Account Number 60477576530 of the Bank of Maharashtra, Branch at Baikunthpur, District Korea of the present Accused Applicant. 16. That, during investigation, it was revealed that, in the aforesaid bank account number 60477576530 of the Bank of Maharashtra, Branch at Baikunthpur, District Korea of the present Accused Applicant, the total amount of Rs. 4,58,826/- was credited and the total amount of Rs. 4,48,396/- was debited into the said bank account. 17. That, during investigation, it was revealed that, the total amount of illegal transactions of Rs. 1,47,84,560/- was credited into the various mule accounts of the accused persons by defrauding the innocent people of various States of the country out of which, the total amount of Rs. 1,45,50,243/- was debited by the accused persons. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 7. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, nature and gravity of allegation levelled against the applicant and the fact that in compliance of the Courts’ order dated 15.10.2025, the Investigating Officer, Police Station – Baikunthpur, District – Korea (C.G.), has filed his additional affidavit disclosing the evidence collected against the applicant which has been mentioned above, from a perusal of the record, it transpires that in the Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, the four victims of cyber crime have reported online by giving their details of the cyber fraud committed with them vide complaint Acknowledgement No. 32802240000024 made by the complainant 6 namely Eden Lepcha from Village Pakyong, Dikling, District Pakyong, Sikkim regarding cyber fraud of Rs. 1,52,750/- committed with him through the Bank Account Number 60477576530 of the Bank of Maharashtra, Branch at Baikunthpur, District Korea of the present accused/applicant, further, during investigation, it was revealed that, the total amount of illegal transactions of Rs. 1,47,84,560/- was credited into the various mule accounts of the accused persons by defrauding the innocent people of various States of the country out of which, the total amount of Rs. 1,45,50,243/- was debited by the accused persons. Therefore, 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 applicant – Ravishankar Yadav involved in Crime No. 218/2025 registered at Police Station – Baikunthpur, District - Baikunthpur- Koriya (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 111, 317(1), 371(2), 317(4) and 317(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), 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 Preeti