2026:JHHC:7820 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 8819 of 2024 Shashi Shankar Kumar, son of Ramnandan Sah, resident of Brahampura, MIT Muzaffarpur, P.o. & P.S.- Brahampura, District- Muzaffarpur (Bihar) … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand …. … Opp. Party CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR For the Petitioner : Mr. Rishu Ranjan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, A.P.P. 09/20.03.2026 The petitioner is an accused for the offences punishable under Sections 419/420/467/468/471/120-B of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 66(B)/66(C)/66(D) of the Information Technology Act. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and has not committed any offence as alleged in the F.I.R. Though as per the allegation, the informant along with his relatives, friends and other businessmen invested about Rs.60-70 Lakhs in the fake websites being run by the petitioner namely ‘Oropay.IO’ and ‘Blockpay.PW’ through two of his seniors namely Rajesh Tana Bhagat and Santosh Kumar, however there is no proof that any such amount was ever paid to the petitioner through the said websites. It is further submitted that though the petitioner has one more criminal case pending against him, however in connection with the present case, he is in judicial custody since 05.03.2024 and that there is no positive progress in the trial, hence, he may be given the privilege of regular bail. 3. Learned A.P.P. though opposes the petitioner’s prayer for regular bail, however after going through the case diary, he submits 2026:JHHC:7820 - 2 - that there is no material collected during the investigation to suggest that any such amount was defrauded by the petitioner through the aforesaid websites. He, however, submits that the informant and the other victims have alleged that they were defrauded by the petitioner. 4. The report submitted by the Additional Judicial Commissioner-II-cum-Special Judge, Cyber Crime, Ranchi dated 02.01.2026 suggests that only one prosecution witness out of ten has yet been examined. 5. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering that the petitioner is in judicial custody in connection with the present case since 05.03.2024 and that only one prosecution witnesses out of ten has been examined so far, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-II-cum- Special Judge, Cyber Crime, Ranchi in connection with Ranchi Cyber Crime P.S. Case No. 22 of 2024. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) March 20, 2026 Ritesh Uploaded on 20.03.2026