\- lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA.: WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY;*?ii:i# TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1484 OF 2025 Betwee n : Ajayan Bhargavan, S/o Bhargavan Pillai, Aged about 49 years, R/o SuniI Mandiram, Mayyanad Post, Kollam, Kerala. ...Petitioner/Accused No.2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...Respondent petition under section 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Sections 437 & 439 of cr.p.c), praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed -ln support of the criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioners / Accused No.2 on bail in connection with crime No. 232 / 2024 dated: 14.ll.2024 Under Sections 318(4) of BNS-2003 & section 66-C, 66-D of I T Act. on the file of the Narsipatnam Town Police Station, Anakapalli District. counsel forthe petitioner I. Sr'l KK KOMALAN counsel for the Respondent : Assistant Public Prosecutor. The Court made the following ORDER: + APHCO10068912025 ffiFH[EE I N TH E (Hslp:eHclCaA:ToU£igi:gaR:AJA¥N:DsT:lRc:oPn:AD ESH [3327] WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY £B!na±±1A±J=EI!I!Q±!±!Qi±±§4ap Between.I Ajayan Bhargavan u.PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State OfAndhra pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the petitioner/accused.I 1.K K KOMALAN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1:PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: 1. The Criminal Petition, under sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya NagarI'k Suraksha sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petl-tl'oner/accused No.2 seeking regular baI'I in Crime No.232 of 2024 of Narsl®patnam Town Police Station, Anakapalli District registered for the offences punishable under sectI-OnS 318 (4) BNS, 66-C, 66-D of the lT Act. €=-,E3 '`-`tT3 2. Brief case of the prosecution is that, on 14.ll.2024 at about 13.00 hours, the de-facto complainant lodged a report stating that on 04.ll.2024 , at about 10/3O hours, he received a phone call from one Rajesh Kumar Choudhary from TRAl, provided an lD number (TDI143131), and claimed that a money laundering case has been registered against him in Mumbai. The said call was transferred to a Whatsapp number 7970340734 allegedly belonging to Mumbai Police. They instructed him not to disclose the matter to anyone, citing orders from the Finance Ministry. The caller alleged that his Canara Bank account bearing No.403101206666 was linked to money laundering case involving Rs. 2950,00,000/- and a falsified bank statement was sent to him, and the caller demanded payment to close the case and also obtained his bank details. Believing the claims to be true and out of fear, he transferred a total amount of Rs.1,43,20,000/-to the accounts provided by the fraudsters. The fraudsters sent identical receipts for all the transactions and upon realizing that he had be2en defrauded of Rs.1,43,20,000/-, he informed to his relatI'VeS, Who advised him tO contact the Cybercrimes police. 3. Heard. __-`=-=| -=3 r _ \ 4. A perusal of the material on record goes to show that certain amounts have been deposI®ted into the account of the petitl'oner herein for whI'Ch he has no clue at all. The petjtjoner was arrested on o7.12.2024 and sI'nCe then, he is in judicial custody. 5. In view of the aforesaid facts and cI'rCumstances, thI®S Court I-S incll-ned to grant bail to the petjtjoner/accused No.2 hereI®n, On the following conditl-ons. (i) The petitioner/accused No.2 herein shall be released on h: executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) each with two sureties for-a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narsipatnam. (i.i) _on release, the petitioner/accused No.2 shall appear b.ef?re the station House officer concerned on eve;day b=twe.en 10.OO a m. and o5.00 p m., till filing of the ch-arg=- sheet. 6. Accordingly, the criml'nal petit,-on js allowed. ASsFsDTJi# Q.ISTF\AR //TRUE COPY// OFFlcER To, F 1. The Judl'cjal Magistrate of First class, NarsI'Patnam. 2. The Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Narsipatnam. 3. The Station House officer, Narslpatnam Town police station, Anakapalli Distrl-ct. 4. 5. 6. 7. >t^ U) u The Superintendent, sub-Jail, Narsipatnam. one cc to sri. K K Komalan, Advocate [opuc] Two CCs to public Prosecutor (AP) High Court of Andhra Pradesh [ouT] One spare copy Jr HIGH COURT SRK,J DATE D : 19/02/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.1484 of 2025 ALLOWED q~ , `1haJ¢,.. qr !fTi: €i}::;i:/:J I+IP