1 2026:CGHC:6295 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 1163 of 2026 Saurabh Sahu S/o Rajendra Prasad Sahu Aged About 25 Years R/o Sahupara, Sonhat P S And Tahsil - Sonhat, District : Koriya (Baikunthpur), Chhattisgarh ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Officer-In-Charge Police Station – Surajpur, District – Surajpur, Chhattisgarh. …. Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Ashutosh Mishra, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Ms. Anusha Naik, Dy. Govt. Advocate. Hon’ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 04.02.2026 1. This is the second 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. 150/2025 registered at Police Station – Surajpur, District – Surajpur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 413, 420 and 120B of IPC. 2. Earlier the first bail application of the applicant was rejected by this Court vide order dated 02.07.2025 passed in MCRC No. 3403/2025, on merits. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that 2. various victims had lodged their complaints online on the portal operated by the Indian Cyber Cell regarding incidents of cyber fraud committed against them. During the avestigation of these complaints, it was found that account number 80477170109 of the Bank of Maharashtra, which RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI 2 had been given by the main accused. Anand Kumar Sahu, to the accused, Saurabh Sahu, in his name, was related to the complaints of online cyber fraud. Upon obtaining information and statements from the bank, proof of money transactions was found in connection with the cases of online cyber fraud. Accordingly, Crime No. 150/2025 under Sections 420, 413, and 120-B of the IPC was registered against the main accused, Anand Kumar Sahu. During the investigation, upon questioning the accused, Anand Kumar Sahu, he revealed that accused Saurabh Sahu and Aman Sahu had arranged bank accounts by luring people known to them with the promise of money. They obtained several bank accounts from these individuals, paying them amounts ranging from Rs. 6,000/- to Rs. 12,000/- for each account. Thereafter, the concerned bank accounts were opened, and by obtaining the ATM cards and SIM cards linked to the mobile numbers associated with these accounts and providing the relevant information to members of the cyber fraud gang, financial benefits were obtained through illegal means. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It has been submitted that the material witnesses have been examined in the case and none of them has supported the case of the prosecution and have turned hostile. It is submitted that the applicant is in jail since 20.03.2025, and the conclusion of the trial shall take quite long time. Therefore, he prays for grant of bail. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the State/non-applicant opposes the bail application of the applicant and submits that Saurabh Sahu and 3 Aman Sahu had arranged bank accounts to the main accused. namely, Anand Kumar Sahu by luring acquaintances with promises of money and thereby committed the said offence, and on the same ground the first bail application of the applicant was rejected by this Court, therefore, he is not entitled for grant of regular bail. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 7. Considering the above submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, as the material witnesses have been examined in the case and none of them has supported the case of the prosecution and have turned hostile, the same cannot be a ground for releasing the applicant on bail as the same amounts to only tampering with the evidence. 8. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that Saurabh Sahu and Aman Sahu had arranged bank accounts to the main accused. namely, Anand Kumar Sahu by luring acquaintances with promises of money and thereby committed the said offence, and on the same ground the first bail application of the applicant was rejected by this Court, and no new ground has bees raised by the applicant in the present bail application, therefore, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicants on regular bail. 9. Accordingly, this second bail application of applicant – Saurabh Sahu involved in Crime No. 150/2025 registered at Police Station – 4 Surajpur, District – Surajpur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 413, 420 and 120B of IPC, is rejected at this stage. 10. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed with the trial and conclude the same, expeditiously. 11. 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 Rajshekhar