2026:CGHC:14394 Digitally signed by VAISHALI NAFR VAISHALI LUCKY LUCKY NAGARIA NAGARIA Date:

2026.03.28

16:08:59 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR +0530 MCRC No. 1855 of 2026 • Jayaram Vajendla S/o Veera Raghava Rao Vajendla Aged About 46 Years R/o Plot No. 103, Sai Homes 2,old Karnavanipalem, Pedgantyada, Vishakapatnam, Dist. Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

... Applicant(s)

versus • State of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station- Saraswati Nagar, District Raipur C.G.

... Respondent(s)

(Cause title is taken from Case Information System)

For Applicant(s) : Mr. Sangeet Kumar Kushwaha, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Soumya Rai, Dy.G.A.

Hon’ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

25.03.2026

1. This is first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant arrested in connection with Crime No. 218/2025 registered at Police Station – Saraswati Nagar, District – Raipur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 318(4) and 3(5) of BNS.

2. As per prosecution story, in brief, is that it is alleged that between June 2025 till November 2025 Shreya Agrawal and others lured complainant into earning 4 times profit through an online trading platform and complainant downloaded the app for online trading and as instructed by Shreya Agrawal and others complainant deposited a sum of Rs. 71,50,000 at various accounts as instructed to him but when complainant asked for his profit share the same was not given to him aggrieved by it the complainant lodged and FIR dated 11.09.2025.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is a innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. He also submits that applicant’s name has not been mentioned in the FIR and applicant has not attributed in commission of alleged offences and only on the basis of suspicious, he has ben arrested by the Police. He also submits that applicant is in jail since 08.11.2025 and conclusion of the trial may take some time, therefore, he prays for grant of regular bail to the present applicant.

4. On the other hand, learned State counsel, opposes the bail application and submits that there is no previous antecedent against the applicant and chargesheet has already been filed in the present case. He also submits that in-compliance of this Court’s order dated 23.02.2026, Investigating Officer has filed his personal affidavit in the present case and the relevant paragraph of the affidavit is as follows:

4.That, since the matter involved an amount of more than 5 Lacs, on the instructions of the IGP, on receiving the advance investigation of the case at Cyber Range, Raipur, the diary was obtained and observed in which, on the date of incident, the complainant was added to a WhatsApp group by unknown accused mobile number holders by sending friend request on Facebook through account holders of different banks and was made to download the App by telling the advantages of online trading and from the date of incident from 01.06.2025 to 11.09.2025, a total of 71.50 Lacs were defrauded online with the complainant from his bank accounts in various banks by unknown mobile number holders. In this regard, the information was taken from the concerned Bank which was in Indusind Bank Account Number 201003244280 of the concerned firm M/s Raghu Video, was found to be in the name of Jayaram Vajendla S/o Veera Ragjhava Rao Vejandla, Resident of Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, who was given notice under Section 35 (3) of the BNSS, 2023 to appear before the Range Cyber Police Station Raipur and he was found to be present before the Range cyber Police Station, Raipur, who had committed online fraud with the complainant/victim in his bank Indusind Bank Account Number 201003244280 and on the date of 05.08.2025, Rs. 59169/- and Rs. 90138/-, totaling Rs. 149307/- was received from the complainant in his bank account number.

5.That, during the investigation, it was found that, the total debit and c