Order on Board

01.08.2025

1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short ‘ BNS S ’) for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 09/2025 registered at Police Station Cyber Range, Bilaspur, Distt - Bilaspur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 61 (2), 317(5), 318(4), 323, 111(1)(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (for short ‘ BNS ’).

2. The prosecution story in brief, is that the Cyber Police Station, Bilaspur, on the instructions of the Police Headquarters to investigate mule accounts, obtained information through the Government of India's JMIS Portal regarding accounts in Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, Bilaspur. During the investigation, it was found that 21 bank accounts had multiple complaints registered on the portal regarding deposits, and transactions worth Rs.6,46,72,004/- were made between December 4, 2023, and May 13, 2025. The investigation alleges that the applicant/accused, in collusion with other co-accused, used these bank accounts to cheat people by operating online cricket betting, Ludo games, online job scams, and insurance scams. The invest