( 2026:JHHC:10257 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 42 of 2026 Sumit Kumar, aged about 18 years, son of Amar Mandal … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opp. Party --- CORAM :HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY --- For the Petitioner : Mr. Kaushal Kishor Mishra, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Shailendra Kumar Tiwari, Spl. PP --- 04/09.04.2026 Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 20.06.2025 in connection with Jarmundi P.S. Case No. 72 of 2025, corresponding to S.T. No. 192 of 2025, for the offences registered under Sections 111(2) (b)/ 111(3)/ 111(4)/ 317(2)/ 317(4)/318(2)/318(4)/319(2)/336(2)/336(3)/338/340(2)/3(5) of the B.N.S. 2023 and section 66(C), 66(D) of I.T. Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Dumka. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 20.06.2025 and has been falsely implicated in this case. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. He has further submitted that no mobile or SIM has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. He has submitted that co- accused namely Amar Kumar Mandal, father of the petitioner has been enlarged on bail by the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Dumka. 4. Learned counsel for the opposite party-State has opposed the prayer and has submitted that present case is a case of organized crime and inter se link amongst the various devices used has been recorded in the case diary. He has further submitted that in connection with the mobile and SIMs recovered from the house of the petitioner and his father, there are 102 FIRs lodged and 2690 complaints are there and altogether about Rs. 9.99 crore has been defrauded which is the amount involved in 102 FIRs. The learned counsel has also submitted ( 2026:JHHC:10257 ) 2 that offence is organized crime and there are chat messages to link the offences. 5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and upon perusal of the case diary with the assistance of the learned Spl. PP, the arguments of the Spl.APP is based on the materials collected during investigation and considering the serious nature of offence involving organized cybercrime, this court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, prayer for bail of the petitioner above named is rejected. 6. Let this order be communicated to the court concerned through FAX/e-mail. (Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J.) Dated: 09.04.2026 Uploaded on: 10.04.2026 Binit/