ORDER

Date : 28-11-2023

1. Heard Mr. A.M. Bora, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner assisted by learned counsel Mr. D.K. Baidya.

2. The petitioner Debojyoti Dey @ David has filed this application under Section 439 Cr.PC with prayer for bail in connection with Dispur P.S. Case No. 2126/2023 under Sections 120B/419/420/385/467/471/468/507 IPC read with Sections 65/66/66B/66C/66D of IT Act, 2000.

3. It is submitted that the petitioner has been languishing in the jail since 10.11.2023 on the basis of the subsequent FIR which was registered on 14.09.2023 by Jyotirmoy Dutta of Crime Branch, Guwahati, Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime). The relevant portion of the FIR lodged on 14.09.2023 is quoted herein below:-

“ I have the honour to inform you that with reference to the above GDE, a reliable source information was received that some Scammer gangs are Page No.# 3/8 operational in Guwahati, Assam was are involved in operating call centers across India and are scamming and cheating gullible Indian and Foreign Nationals by impersonating as Tech Support Staff by originating “tech support pop-ups and by impersonating as legitimate customer service representatives to deceive