CRL OP(MD). No.14488 of 2026 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 16/07/2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K. RAJASEKAR CRL OP(MD). No.14488 of 2026 Abdul Razak ... Petitioner/Accused Rank Not Known Vs State of Tamilnadu Rep by, The Inspector of Police, Cyber Crime Division-III, Virudhunagar. (Crime No. 47 of 2025). ... Respondent/Complainant PRAYER :- For Bail in Crime No. 47 of 2025 on the file of the Respondent Police. For Petitioner : M/s. Mohammad Paarvez, Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.T.Lenin Kumar, Government Advocate (Crl.Side) ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner / Accused, who was arrested and remanded to 1/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14488 of 2026 judicial custody on 12.06.2026 for the offences punishable under Section 66D of IT Act, 318(4) of BNS, 2023, in Crime No.47 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail. 2. The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner is ranked as A2 and he came forward to hand over his father's sim card to one of the accused, namely, Jamal Bhai, and subsequently, it reached the hands of A1, and that said sim card has been used for the purpose of the commission of online fraud. During this online fraud, the defacto complainant was cheated to the extent of Rs. 76,00,999/-. Hence, the case has been registered. 3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is innocent and he was falsely implicated in this case and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. He would further submit that the petitioner is aged about 19 years and he is not benefited from the alleged transactions and he has only handed over the sim card and it has been used for the commission of offence and he has no previous case and he is ready to co-operate with the investigation 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14488 of 2026 and he is in custody from 12.06.2026. Therefore, prayed to grant bail for the petitioner. 4. The learned Counsel For State of TN (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent and reiterated the prosecution case and on instructions, reported that sum of Rs.11,00,000/- has been seized from the account operated by A1 and sofar no other persons was arrested and the investigation is at preliminary stage and the petitioner has no previous case. However, he opposed to grant bail to the petitioner. 5. I have gone through the FIR and also the connected materials. 6. Considering the rival submissions made by the learned counsel on either side and also considering the fact that the petitioner herein has not personally benefited from any of the money transactions and he is in custody from 12.06.2026 and he has no previous case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner subject to the following conditions: [a] Accordingly, the petitioner is ordered to be released 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14488 of 2026 on bail on condition to execute a bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate No.I at Virudhunagar, and on further conditions that: [b] the petitioner shall report before the respondent police daily at 10.30 a.m., for a period of 3 weeks and thereafter, as and when required for interrogation; [c] the petitioner shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he/she is accused, or suspected, or of the commission of which he/she is suspected; [d] the petitioner shall not abscond either during investigation or trial; [e] the petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence; [f] On breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14488 of 2026 learned Judicial Magistrate/Trial Court is entitled to take appropriate action against the petitioner in accordance with law as if the conditions have been imposed and the petitioner released on bail by the learned Magistrate/Trial Court himself as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in P.K.Shaji vs. State of Kerala [(2005)AIR SCW 5560]. [g] If the accused thereafter absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 269 BNS. 16.07.2026 dss To 1.The Judicial Magistrate No.I at Virudhunagar. 2.The Inspector of Police, Cyber Crime Division-III, Virudhunagar. 3. The Superintendent, Sub Jail, Virudhunagar. 4.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 5/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.14488 of 2026 K. RAJASEKAR,J dss ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.14488 of 2026 Date : 16/07/2026 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis