1 CGHC010330152026 2026:CGHC:41512 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 8136 of 2026  Manav Khatri S/o Late Dilip Khatri Aged About 27 Years Resident Of Vikas Vihar Colony, P.S. D.D. Nagar, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Applicant versus  State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station D.D. Nagar, District Raipur (C.G.) ... Non-Applicant For Applicant : Mr. Bharat Lal Sahu, Advocate For State : Mr. Nitansh Jaiswal, Dy. Government Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 24.09 .2026 1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 358/2026 registered at Police Station D.D. Nagar, District Raipur (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Sections 317(2), 317(4), 317(5) of BNS. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that information was received through the Cyber Crime Reporting Portal to the effect that few bank accounts were operational in Canara Bank and those accounts were being used for commission of cyber fraud. The police investigated the matter and found that there were frequent transactions in the bank account of the applicant and SIDDHANT TAMRAKAR Digitally signed by SIDDHANT TAMRAKAR Date: 2026.09.24 14:02:29 +0530 2 amount of Rs. 8,00,000/- was deposited in the said account in different ways and amount so deposited was withdrawn by the present applicant on various dates. The applicant was taken into custody, who informed that on instance of co-accused Sumit Aswani, amount of Rs. 8,00,000/- was deposited in his account on different dates and subsequently he withdrew said amount on different dates and refunded the amount to the said person. On such complaint, police registered offence as stated above. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that on good faith, bank account detail was handed over to co-accused Sumit Aswani, who misused it. He would further submit that charge-sheet has already been filed, applicant is in jail since 05.06.2026 and there is no criminal antecedents. Thus, he would pray for grant of bail. 4. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State would oppose the bail application. Mr. Nitansh Jaiswal, Dy. G.A. would submit that the applicant was involved in cyber fraud and proceeds of cyber fraud were transferred to his bank account and subsequently the present applicant withdrew the amount so deposited in his account, and thus, there is prima facie case against the present applicant, and therefore, his bail application deserves to be rejected. 5. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. Pursuant to order dated 02.09.2026, Investigating Officer filed his affidavit, wherein, it is stated that there are four complaints against the Bank account of the present applicant registered in the State of Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. It is also stated in the affidavit that co-accused Sumit Aswani is 3 absconding. 7. Perusal of the case diary would show that amount of Rs. 8,00,000/- was deposited in installments in the bank account of the applicant on different dates. It is a case where applicant himself withdrew the amount so deposited in his bank account, therefore, it cannot be presumed that the bank account of the applicant was being used by the co-accused as there is no documentary evidence in this regard. The prima facie involvement of the present applicant for commission of offence is established, and therefore, I am not inclined to grant bail. 8. Accordingly, this application is hereby rejected. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) JUDGE $iddhant