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2025 DAILYLAW 6809 (JHR)

MANOJ MANDAL v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

B.A./1864/2025 · 2025-07-16

Anil Kumar Choudhary

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( 2025:JHHC:19455 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.1864 of 2025 ------ Manoj Mandal, aged about 22 years, Son of Binod Mandal, Resident of Village-Gotidih, P.O.-Masliya, P.S.-Masliya, District-Dumka (Jharkhand). .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Pramod Kr. Jha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Suraj Deo Munda, Addl.P.P ------ Order No.03 Dated- 16-07-2025 I.A. No.8742 of 2025 Heard the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this interlocutory application has been filed with a prayer for early hearing of the instant bail application. Since, the hearing of instant bail application is taken up today, hence, this interlocutory application stands disposed of being infructuous. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) B.A. No.1864 of 2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Deoghar Cyber P.S. Case No.139 of 2024 registered under Section 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) and 61 of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 66 B, 66 C, 66 D and 84 C of the Information Technology Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner was involved in cybercrime and he has defrauded the victims Ankit Kumar to the tune of Rs.8,898/- and Nitin Srivastava to the tune of Rs.8,690/- and the petitioner has been implicated in this case, only on the basis of recovery of two mobile phones with two sim cards from his possession. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is next submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent as has been mentioned in para-11 of this bail application. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and that he will transfer the respective amount allegedly defrauded from the bank account of the said victims. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 25.12.2024 as is evident from para-12 of the instant bail application. Hence it is submitted that the petitioner be released on bail. Learned Addl. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on showing proof of transferring Rs.8,898/- and Rs.8,690/- to the accounts of Ankit Kumar and Nitin Srivastava respectively and on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Special Judge, Cyber Crime Case, Deoghar in connection with Deoghar Cyber P.S. Case No.139 of 2024 with the condition that he will co-operate with the trial of the case and furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Abhiraj/