Ashok MandalversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27332 of 2026
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1 Year-2026 Thana- Cyber P.S. District- Bhagalpur
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                 Ashok Mandal S/o Dukho Madal @ Dukhu Mandal R/o Nadiachak, P.S. -
                 Karmatanr, Dist. - Jamtara, Jharkhand.

                                                                                      ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                         Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :         Mr. Digvijay Narayan Singh, Advocate.
                 For the Opposite Party/s :         Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwary, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   18-06-2026                    Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection

                   with Bhagalpur Cyber P.S. Case No. 01 of 2026 registered for

                   the offence punishable under Sections 319(2), 318(4), 338 of the

                   B.N.S., 2023 and Sections 66(c) and 66(d) of the I.T. Act.

                                3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that the

                   informant is an owner of showroom of Senco Gold and

                   Diamonds. One person inquired of the informant's employee

                   regarding the price of gold and asked about the payment process

                   and also inquired about the account details of the firm. The

                   person introduced himself as Toofan Niyal and purchased gold

                   items worth Rs. 13,20,000/- through online payment and took

                   the goods. Payments were made from the account belonging to
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          someone.

                       4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the

          petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has

          committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this

          case. He also submits that the name of the petitioner has

          surfaced in this case, on the basis of the Breeza car on which the

          named accused person has come to the shop of the informant.

          He also submits that the petitioner has rented the car and he is

          unaware of the said occurrence. He also submits that no

          transaction has been made by the petitioner through any mode in

          connection with the alleged offence. He further submits that the

          petitioner has given his confessional statement. Save and except

          the confessional statement and the identification of the car in

          CCTV footage, there is nothing against him. He further submits

          that the petitioner has been implicated in three other cases after

          the present case. Moreover, the petitioner is languishing in

          judicial custody since 04.01.2026.

                       5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP

          for the State and submits that the petitioner is having criminal

          antecedent of two cases.

                       6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and

          considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is
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                     inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named

                     petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail

                     bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties

                     of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned

                     J.M.F.C., Bhagalpur in connection with Bhagalpur Cyber P.S.

                     Case No. 01 of 2026.



                                                    (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J)
Sudhanshu/-

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