2025:CGHC:17880 NAFR KUNAL DEWANGAN HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Digitally signed by KUNAL DEWANGAN MCRC No. 2096 of 2025 Shubham Singh Thakur S/o Arjun Singh Thakur Aged About 27 Years R/o Mathpara Dudhadhari Mandir Road No. 64, Police Station Tikrapara Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh --- Applicant(s)

versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through - Station House OfÏcer, Cyber Range District - Raipur Chhattisgarh --- Non-applicant(s)

For Applicant : Mr. Shikhar Agnihotri, Advocate.

For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Shashank Thakur, Dy. Adv. General.

MCRC No. 2123 of 2025 Umesh Thadhas S/o Mani Ram Aged About 27 Years R/o Bhagat Singh Ward, In Front Of High School, Dongargarh, District- Rajnandgaon, C.G.

---Applicant(s)

Versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Ps- Civil Lines, District- Raipur, C.G.

--- Non-applicant(s)

For Applicant : Mr. Shobhit Koshta, Advocate.

For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Shashank Thakur, Dy. Adv. General.

MCRC No. 2486 of 2025 Shubham Sharma S/o Rajesh Sharma Aged About 26 Years R/o C-125, Gayatri Nagar, Near Jagannath Mandir, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

---Applicant(s)

Versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through P.S. Cyber Range, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ---- Non-applicant(s)

For Applicant : Mr. N. Naha Roy, Advocate.

For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Shashank Thakur, Dy. Adv. General.

Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

21/04/2025

1. Proceedings of this case have been taken through video conferencing.

2. Since the above three bail applications are arising out of same crime number and same offence so they are being heard and decided by this common order.

3. The applicants have preferred this First Bail Application under Section 483 of BNSS for grant of regular bail, as they have been arrested in connection with Crime No.44/2025, registered at Police Station Cyber Range/Civil Lines, Raipur, District: Raipur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 317(2), 317(4), 317(5), 111 and 3(5) of BNS.

4. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the applicant is an employee of the Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Branch Civil Line Raipur on dated 20.01.2025 vide portal of Ministry of Home Government of India Police Station Cyber Range Raipur has received information to take cognizance upon the mutual account holders so police has taken cognizance and made some query about 104 bank accounts of holders which were alleged to be used for cyber cheating of Rs. 36,48,448/- and on the query from the applicant and other bank employees, they have given the details of the bank account holders and duly informed about the procedure for opening of bank account and also informed that the bank account has been opened according to the procedure and the norms prescribed by the bank and after due procedure opened the bank account of some of the account holders. So, on the basis of the information given by the applicant and the other bank employees, all the bank account holders (customers) have been found on their respective address then some query has alleged to be made some account holders and then on the basis of their information the applicant has been arrested because they have taken some money from one Yash Bhatia and his associates who have been alleged to open the bank account of the said customers for their own use. So FIR has been lodged against the bank account holders and again called the applicant and arrested the applicant in the alleged commission of offence.

5. Learned counsel for the applicants submit that the applicants are innocent person and they have been falsely implicated in the instant case. They further submits that the present applicant is not at all involved in the alleged commission of offence, infact according to the procedure prescribed under the banking act when any of the customer visits the bank where the applicant has been working any wants to open the bank account, he has duly fulfilled the norms of KYC account after due verification of the Aadhar card, thumb impression of the custome