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2025 Supreme(Raj) 2456
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
SAMEER JAIN, J.
Javed S/o Hakam – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 13584 of 2025
Decided On : 27-11-2025
For the Appellants : Bantoo Mali, Adarsh Singhal
For the Respondents: Arti Sharma, Rhishi Raj Singh Rathore, Shiv Lahri, Bhaskar Sawant, Vishnu Mohan
Court emphasizes the need for a structured, comprehensive response to rising youth cyber crimes, urging collaborative efforts involving multiple departments and preventive education initiatives.
Headnote:(A) Cyber Crime - Judicial Response to Cyber Criminality - Focus on youth involvement and preventive measures against rising cyber offenses - Court emphasizes the need for comprehensive strategies involving multiple departments for effective cyber crime prevention. (Paras 1, 2, 7)
(B) Bail Applications - Court observes the common arguments regarding bail being a rule and jail an exception, while stressing the need for specific conditions considering the nature of offenses and age of applicants. (Paras 3, 4)
Facts of the case:
The court examined the alarming rise in cyber-related offenses primarily affecting youth aged 16-27, citing significant statistics on complaints and fraud.
Findings of Court:
Court highlights the necessity for structured, preventive measures against cyber crime targeting youth, orders the creation of a Joint Committee for comprehensive strategy development.
Issues: The court focused on the alarming rise in youth cyber offenses, the adequacy of awareness campaigns, and the need for preventive measures.
Ratio Decidendi: The court ruled that the State has an obligation to protect its youth from victimization and inadvertent criminalization due to cyber offenses.
Result: Directions issued for a structured approach towards addressing cyber crime and youth involvement.
| Table of Content |
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| 1. rising concern over youth involved in cyber crimes. (Para 1) |
| 2. cyber-crime transcends locality; multiple factors contribute. (Para 2) |
| 3. court's analysis on bail arguments in cyber-offences. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 4. initiatives taken to raise cyber-security awareness. (Para 5 , 6) |
| 5. need for a structured response to prevent cyber crimes. (Para 7) |
ORDER :
1. This Court, being conscious of the alarming and exponential rise in cyber-related offences across the State, notes with concern that a substantial proportion of both accused persons and victims belong to the younger demographic predominantly between the ages of 16 to 27 years. This consistent pattern has been observed by this Court while adjudicating a series of bail applications arising from offences involving online harassment, financial frauds, identity theft, impersonation, cyber-bullying, circulation of illicit content, and other technologically-facilitated crimes. The recent data- January 1, 2025 to October 31 2025 (supplied by the Rajasthan Police Cyber Crime Branch), the following statistics are placed before this Court:
1. 1930/NCRP Portal-Cyber Complaints received
.2024: Total Complaint – 102447
Total Reported Fraud amount – 795 Cr
Total Saved (Hold/Lien/Refund) amount – 104.67 Cr
.2025
Total Complaint – 114520
Total Reported fraud amount – 678 Cr Total Saved (Hold/Lien/Refund) Amount – 143.36 Cr
2. Pending Cases in IT Act:- 4399
3. Pratibimb Portal- Suspect Mobile Phones- 109281
4. Number of Blocked SIMs & IMEIs- 115639
5. Suspect HotSpots (Mobile/Bank Accounts)- 32980
6. Suspect Point of Sale (PoS) of Mobile Sims- 4668
7. Cyber Awareness Drive- 35,18,823 People Benefitted.
Hot Spot Analysis – 01.01.2024 to 30.09.2025 (for Deeg District)
| Month | All India | Rajasthan Deeg | Deeg % in india | Deeg % in Rajasthan | Per day Location | deh@o`f) | |
| Jan. 2024 | 29671 | 9302 | 6030 | 20.32 | 64.82 | 195 | |
| Jun-24 | 35352 | 6414 | 2546 | 7.2 | 39.69 | 85 | -56.41% |
| Oct-24 | 39138 | 6453 | 2067 | 5.38 | 32.03 | 67 | -65.64% |
| Feb. 2025 | 28297 | 4447 | 1627 | 5.74 | 36.58 | 58 | -70.25% |
| July. 2025 | 23223 | 2767 | 903 | 3.88 | 32.63 | 29 | -85.02% |
| Sep. 2025 | 32638 | 1985 | 569 | 1.74 | 28.66 | 19 | -90.25% |
2. Cyber-crime, by its very nature, transcends conventional boundaries of locality and physical proximity. The easy availability of smartphones, widespread internet access, burgeoning social media platforms, and lack of digital literacy among adolescents and young adults have together created a fertile ground for misuse. Impetuous behaviour, peer pressure, inadequate parental guidance, and absence of structured digital- ethics education further compound the vulnerability of youth, both as unsuspecting victims and, at times, inadvertent offenders.
3. This Court also observes that in a majority of bail matters relating to cyber-offences, the foremost argument advanced by learned counsel for the applicant remains that “bail is a rule and jail is an exception”, supplemented by an assurance that the applicant is willing to abide by any stringent conditions that may be imposed. Even today, a number of bail applications are before the Court for consideration, for sake of brevity the numbers of such bail applications (adjudicated by individual orders) are reproduced hereinbelow:
| S.No. | Case Number | Title |
| 1. | SBCRLMB No.4062/2025 | Sauddin S/o Haneef v. State Of Rajasthan |
| 2. | SBCRLMB No.4781/2025 | Arsad S/o Deena v. State Of Rajasthan |
| 3. | SBCRLMB No.5013/2025 | Abid @ Ronak S/o Azad v. State Of Rajasthan |
| 4. | SBCRLMB No.5255/2025 | Irsad S/o Kursid v. State Of Rajasthan |
| 5. | SBCRLMB No.5386/2025 | Aadil S/o Jakar @ Jehri v. State Of Rajasthan |
| 6. | SBCRLMB No.10268/2025 | Akram S/o Usman v. State Of Rajasthan |
| 7. | SBCRLMB No.11906/2025 | Arbaaz S/o Isab v. State Of Rajasthan |
| 8. | SBCRLMB No.11907/2025 | Dilraj S/o Meethalal v. State Of Rajasthan |
| 9. | SBCRLMB No.12259/2025 | Salim S/o Kurshid v. State Of Rajasthan |
| 10. | SBCRLMB No.13186/2025 | Jamshed @ Jammas S/o Supat @ Sapat v. State Of Rajasthan |
| 11. | SBCRLMB No.13584/2025 | Javed S/o Hakam v. State Of Rajasthan |
4. Thence, this Court vide order dated 11.11.2025 passed in Mohit vs. State of Rajasthan , SBCRLMB No. 9343/2025 issued certain preliminary directions manda
