IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24749 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-10 Year-2026 Thana- BARBIGHA District- Sheikhpura ====================================================== Nicky Kumar S/o- Vijendra Mahto @ Virendra Kumar Sinha R/v- Nasratpur, PS- Maur Dist- Sheikhpura ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Yogesh Kumar, Advocate : Ms. Shivalika Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 3 20-07-2026 Heard Ms. Shivalika Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, learned APP representing the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Barbigha P.S. Case No. 10 of 2026 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3) and 3(5) of the B.N.S. and section 66(C ) and 66(D) of the I.T. Act, lodged on 22.01.2026 by the informant Rinku Ranjan Kumar. 3. As per the prosecution story, the informant, a Police Officer with Barbigha Police Station lodged the F.I.R. recording that on the information from the Economic Offences Bihar, Patna regarding the continuous cyber crime activities Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24749 of 2026(3) dt.20-07-2026 2/3 linked with a particular mobile gave certain direction which followed the Police tracking the location of the said mobile, Amod Kumar and Sujit Kumar were apprehended and number of mobile phones were seized. On interrogation, they gave the name of the persons who were able to escape which included amongst other, the petitioner and it was informed that the petitioner, Nicky Kumar and Mohan Kumar are the masterminds of the cyber crime. It was further informed that the mobile number which was forwarded by the Economic Offences Unit was handed over to them by this petitioner. This followed the F.I.R. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he was not present on the spot nor anything has been seized from him and only because the those apprehended named him, got implicated. 5. Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, learned APP representing the State on the other hand taken this Court to paragraph no.3 to show that he is already charge-sheeted accused in connection with Barbigha P.S. Case No.530 of 2022 under section 419, 420 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code. The further submission is that repeatedly, his name has come during the course of investigation. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24749 of 2026(3) dt.20-07-2026 3/3 6. Taking into account the submissions aforesaid and the role of the petitioner that has come in course of investigation, no case of anticipatory bail is made out and accordingly, the anticipatory bail application stands rejected. vinayak/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T