IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3359 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-521 Year-2025 Thana- LAHERIMUHALLA District- Nalanda ====================================================== Narendra Kumar @ Lallu S/o Sri Prakash Ram R/o vill - Gaibi, P.S- Rahui, Distt.- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, Advocate : Mrs. Vaishnavi Singh, Advocate : Mr. Ritwik Thakur, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 25-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 319(2) and 318(4) of the B.N.S. and Section 66C and 66D of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. 3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner, along with others, allegedly committed cyber fraud by impersonating as employees of Blue Dart Company and inducing customers to dial certain codes on their phones, thereby gaining unauthorized access and withdrawing money from their bank accounts. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3359 of 2026(3) dt.25-02-2026 2/3 the present petitioner, who is B.Sc. student, has been made an accused in this case showing his involvement in cyber fraud. The F.I.R. itself indicates that he was arrested by police personnel along with another accused and from his possession a mobile phone along with receipt of some jewellery was recovered and thereafter, it was revealed that the petitioner and the other co-accused used to defraud the persons by impersonating as Blue Dart courier company employee, however, there has been no earlier complaint by any private individual of being cheated by the present petitioner. During the entire investigation no money trail has also been found, which can be related to the mobile phone of the petitioner and the motorcycle in question which was seized also belongs to the brother of the petitioner and the concerned documents have been brought on record. The petitioner with no criminal antecedent and without any substantive material having been collected against him is languishing in custody since 20.11.2025 and charge-sheet has been submitted. 5. Learned APP for the State opposed the grant of bail on the ground that the petitioner is involved in cyber crime. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3359 of 2026(3) dt.25-02-2026 3/3 circumstances and considering the fact that the case diary does not disclose any antecedent or any other substantive material but for the confessional statement of the petitioner and the co- accused, coupled with the fact that the charge-sheet has been submitted, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Biharsharif, Nalanda /concerned Court below in connection with Lehri P.S. Case No. 521 of 2025 subject to condition that: (i) One of the bailors will be the father or mother of the petitioner. (ii) The petitioner shall remain physically present in court on each and every date during trial and in the event of failure on two consecutive dates without sufficient reasons, his bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled by the learned court concerned. anand/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T