Patna High Court
Mandeep Kumar @ Mandeep Singh @ RishuversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- REJECTED
- Bench
- RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
Holding
The court refused bail to the petitioner.
Summary
Mandeep Kumar was arrested on 6 February 2026 in connection with a cyber‑crime case alleging that he operated a SIM‑box network and possessed numerous electronic devices and cash. The petitioner sought bail, claiming a clean antecedent and that the FIR was fabricated, with no material evidence beyond suspicion. The State opposed bail, highlighting the seizure of 18 items including multiple SIM‑boxes, SIM cards, routers, laptops, and cash, and alleging organized criminal conspiracy causing revenue loss to the government and telecom companies. The court examined the seriousness of the offences under the Telecommunication Act, 2023 and the Information Technology Act, 2000, and considered the potential danger to public safety and internal security. Concluding that the allegations were grave and the evidence indicated involvement in an organized cyber‑crime gang, the court refused the bail petition.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to bail despite the seriousness of the alleged cyber‑crime offences
- Whether the material seized and the nature of the alleged organized conspiracy justify denial of bail
- Whether the provisions of the Telecommunication Act, 2023 and the Information Technology Act, 2000 warrant custodial remand
Legislation cited
- Bihar Narcotic Substances Act — s. 111, 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 337, 338, 339, 340(2), 341(1), 3(5), 61(2)
- Information Technology Act, 2000 — s. 66, 66(c), 66(D), 72
- Telecommunication Act, 2023 — s. 42(1), 42(2), 42(3)(c), 42(3)(e), 42(3)(f), 42(6), 43
Subjects
- bail
- cybercrime
- SIM box
- organized crime
- Telecommunication Act
- IT Act
- revenue loss
- public safety
- custodial remand
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37280 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-8 Year-2026 Thana- Cyber P.S. District- Madhubani
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Mandeep Kumar @ Mandeep Singh @ Rishu S/o Suresh Kumar Singh @
Manoj Singh R/o Tirhut Colony, Ward no. 21, P.S. - Town, Dist. - Madhubani,
Presently R/o Village - Jaynagar Rajputana, Ward no. 3, P.S. - Jaynagar,
District - Madhubani.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Uma Kant Mishra, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Mithlesh Kumar Khare, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 16-06-2026 Heard Mr.Uma Kant Mishra, learned counsel for the
petitioner and Mr.Mithlesh Kumar Khare,learned A.P.P. for the
State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since
06.02.2026 in connection with Madhubani Cyber P.S. Case No.
08 of 2026, corresponding to G.R.No.365/2026, F.I.R. dated
05.02.2026 registered for the offence punishable under Sections
318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 337, 338, 339, 340(2), 341(1), 111,
61(2) and 3(5) of BNS, 2023 and Sections 42(1),42(2),42(3)
(c),42(3),(e),42(3)(f),42(6) and 43 of the Telecommunication
Act, 2023 and Sections 66,66(c),66(D) & 72 of the Information
Technology Act, 2000 (I.T.Act).
3. Allegation against the petitioner is of committing
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cyber crime and he is operator of SIM Box (Sophisticated setup)
and several electronic devices have been recovered from his
house.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner
submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent. The allegation
as alleged in the FIR is false and fabricated and the petitioner
has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. He has
been made accused in the present case on the basis of suspicion
and except the suspicion, no other cogent material has come
during investigation against the petitioner to suggest the
involvement of the petitioner in the present occurrence.
5. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, has
vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and
submits that from a bare perusal of the FIR it appears that the
informant along with Madhubani Cyber Police official and other
local police official of Madhubani reached at the house of the
petitioner and arrested him. Upon search total 18 items (i) 7
SIM box with 20 slot (ii) VI several SIMs of Airteland Jio(iii)
VI several SIM rapper of Airtel and Jio (iv) 22 Mobiles (v)5 TP
link electronic device (vi) 02 Airtel Xstream Fiber Router (vii)
03 TP link device TL-R5408 PE - AC 2.5 G PoE (viii) 03 TIP
link charger (ix) 01 USB charger (x) 04 phone's mother board
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(xi) 25 charging cable (xii) 06 computer cable (xiii) 10 cable
(xiv) 01 Acer Laptop (xv) 01 SBI debit Card Rupay (xvi) 01
Trolley bag (xvii) total Rs. 1,68,000/- cash (xviii) other
electronic devices and Papers viz pan, Aadhaar and others has
been recovered from the house of Mandeep Kumar i.e.
petitioner herein and petitioner has disclosed the name of his
associates. It appears from the aforesaid, the petitioner
alongwith other co-accused persons of forming an organized
cybercrime gang and criminal conspiracy to illegally route
VOIP calls into local calls through SIM boxes causing revenue
loss to the Government of India and Telecom Companies and it
appears that possessing fake SIM cards, committing forgery,
engaging in cybercrime and obtaining SIM Cards using forged
documents which suggests that the petitioner has involved in the
present crime in question and it also appears that the petitioner
is operator of SIM Box (Sophisticated setup) and several
electronic devices have been recovered from the house of the
petitioner and the same is dangerous to the general public
enlarge and also detrimental to the internal security of the
country and allegation against the petitioner is very serious in
nature.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts, I am not inclined
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to enlarge the petitioner on bail in connection with Madhubani
Cyber P.S. Case No. 08 of 2026, corresponding to
G.R.No.365/2026 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Madhubani.
7. Prayer is refused.
(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)
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