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2026 DAILYLAW 8981 (PAT)

Dashrat Bagh v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./17305/2026 · 2026-03-18

Ashok Kumar Pandey

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17305 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-55 Year-2025 Thana- Cyber P.S. District- Buxar ====================================================== 1. Dashrat Bagh son of Awakash Bagh Resident of Village - Amnakka PS - Saevshakti Nagar, District - Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2. Gaurav Tandi Son of Rajendra Tandi Resident of village- Adatam, Ps- Kegaun, Dist- Kalahandi, Odisha ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Virendra Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Chandra Sen Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 18-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioners have prayed for regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 112,3(5) of BNS., 2023 and Section 66(D) of the I.T. Act as well as Section 9(1) of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025. 3. The case of the prosecution is that on 28.11.2025, police received an information that in a rented house, Anil Kumar Jaiswal and Aman Kumar Jaiswal have called persons from all over India, and they are indulged in mobile gaming and cyber fraud. On this input, police reached at the rented house and from there, 31 mobile phones, various SIM cards, 4 laptops, 82 ATMs, two wi-fi router, 9 passbooks and 5 chequebooks Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17305 of 2026(2) dt.18-03-2026 2/3 were recovered. It is also alleged that from there, a total of 18 persons were arrested. The name of these persons finds place in that list. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that from perusal of the seizure list it will transpire that from the possession of these petitioners only mobile (one from each) were recovered and as far as other incriminating articles are concerned, it was recovered from the room not from the conscious possession of these petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners has further submitted that they have come there on the call of Anil Kumar and Aman Kumar Jaiswal. It has further been submitted that the center which was raided is a coaching center and the mobile and laptops which are recovered are those of the center. Learned counsel for the petitioners has further submitted that similarly situated co-accused persons having granted bail by this court while Cr. Misc. No. 9415 of 2026. The case of these petitioners stands on similar footing. A statement has been made in para-3 of this petition that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. Moreover, they are languishing in judicial custody since 30.11.2025. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17305 of 2026(2) dt.18-03-2026 3/3 5. Learned APP appearing for the state has opposed the prayer of regular bail. 6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail. The above named petitioners are directed to be released on bail in connection with Buxar Cyber P.S. Case No. 55 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate- V, Buxar/ Concerned Court. durgesh/- (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) U T