1 2026:CGHC:24484 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 5214 of 2026 Ali Ahmed S/o Sabir Khan Aged About 70 Years R/o Village- Satora, P.S. Tirva, Tehsil And District- Kannoj (U.P.) ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through - Station House Officer, Police Station- Torwa, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Non-applicant For Applicant : None For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Shaleen Singh Baghel, Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 17.06.2026 1. None appears on behalf of learned counsel for the applicant to press this bail application. The applicant is in jail since 05.05.2025, hence this Court proceeds to consider and disposed of this bail application with the assistance of learned State counsel. 2. This is the second bail application filed under Section 483 of the BNSS for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 360/2024 registered at Police Station - Torwa, District- Bilaspur, (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and RAHUL DEWANGAN Digitally signed by RAHUL DEWANGAN 2 Section 66(3) of the Information Technology Act. 3. The earlier bail application of the applicant being MCRC No. 6296/2025 was rejected by this Court vide order dated 30.10.2025 on merits. 4. Case of the prosecution, in brief is that the complainant/informant Neeraj Kumar Singh alleged that on 13.09.2024 he received calls from unknown persons who falsely represented themselves to be officials of investigating agencies and digitally detained/threatened him on the pretext that he was involved in cases relating to human trafficking and money laundering and was under investigation by the C.B.I. It is alleged that under such threats and coercion, the complainant was compelled to transfer an amount of Rs.16,50,047/- from his bank account to Account No. 110405003002 maintained with ICICI Bank in the name of “Falah Darain Sabiri Madarsa Samiti”. Subsequently, upon realizing that he had been subjected to cyber fraud, the complainant lodged a report at Police Station Torwa, Bilaspur, on the basis of which Crime No. 360/2024 was registered against unknown persons. During the course of investigation, the KYC documents of the aforesaid bank account were obtained and it was found that the account was maintained in the name of Falah Darain Sabiri Madarsa Samiti, Kannauj (U.P.), a registered society. Thereafter, the present applicant and co- accused Asad Ahmed were apprehended and their memorandum statements were recorded before the Crime Branch, Indore (M.P.). During investigation, co-accused Asad Ahmed allegedly disclosed that he and his family members were running a school and that co- 3 accused Sahil had contacted him through Facebook on the pretext of arranging substantial donations and persuaded him to open the said bank account. It is further alleged that thereafter Sahil obtained the ATM card and cheque book relating to the account and withdrew the amounts transferred therein, including the amount allegedly extorted from the complainant and other persons. The prosecution further alleges that upon learning about the alleged conspiracy, co-accused Asad Ahmed lodged a complaint before the competent Court, pursuant to which cognizance was taken and directions were issued for registration of an FIR against Sahil and Altaf. The present applicant along with co-accused Asad Ahmed was arrested on 05.05.2025 and has been in judicial custody since then. 5. Learned State Counsel submits that the present application is the second bail application filed by the applicant, as his earlier bail application was dismissed on merits by this Court vide order dated 30.10.2025 passed in MCRC No. 6296/2025, and there has been no substantial change in circumstances thereafter so as to warrant reconsideration of the prayer for bail. It is further submitted that the present case pertains to a well-organized cyber fraud involving digital arrest, criminal intimidation, cheating and extortion, wherein the complainant was induced to transfer a substantial amount of Rs.16,50,047/- into the bank account connected with the applicant and other co-accused persons. During the course of investigation, sufficient material has been collected indicating the active involvement of the applicant in the commission of the offence and 4 that the defrauded amount was routed through the account linked with the accused persons. He further submits that two other criminal cases are also pending against the applicant, one arising out of Crime No. 99/2025 before the Hon’ble High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore and another arising out of Crime No. 70/2024 before the Hon’ble High Court of Maharashtra, thereby reflecting his criminal antecedents. Considering the gravity and seriousness of the allegations, the magnitude of the financial loss caused to innocent persons, the criminal antecedents of the applicant, he prays that the applicant is not entitled to be released on bail and that the present second bail application also deserves to be rejected. 6. I have heard learned State counsel and perused the case-diary. 7. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, nature and gravity of allegation levelled against the applicant and it transpires from the record that this is the second bail application preferred by the applicant, the first bail application was dismissed on merits by this Court vide order dated 30.10.2025 passed in MCRC No. 6296/2025. As submitted by learned State Counsel, the present case pertains to a serious cyber fraud involving a false digital arrest, pursuant to which the complainant was induced to transfer an amount of Rs.16,50,047/- into the bank account connected with the accused persons. The investigation has collected material indicating the involvement of the applicant and criminal antecedents have also been pointed out. Considering the nature and gravity of the allegations and the fact that no new or 5 good ground has been shown after rejection of the earlier bail application on merits, this Court is not inclined to take a different view in the matter. Hence, no case for grant of bail is made out and the present second bail application deserves to be rejected. 8. Accordingly, the second bail application of the applicant – Ali Ahmed, involved in Crime No. 360/2024 registered at Police Station - Torwa, District- Bilaspur, (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 66(3) of the Information Technology Act, is rejected. 9. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 10. 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 Rahul Dewangan