Ganesh Kumar MandalversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89704 of 2025
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-65 Year-2025 Thana- Cyber P.S. District- Bhagalpur
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                 Ganesh Kumar Mandal S/o Chittu Mandal R/o vill - Domariya/ Tillaya, P.S.-
                 Karmatar, Distt.- Jamtara, Jharkhand

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s      :        Mr. Alok Kumar, Sr. Adv.
                                                    Mr. Raghwendra Pratap Singh, Adv.
                                                    Ms. Tanya Kumari, Adv.
                 For the Informant        :         Mrs. Pravina Kumari, Adv.
                 For the Opposite Party/s :         Mrs. Suman Kumari Singh, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   13-03-2026                   Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; learned

                   counsel for the informant and the learned APP for the State.

                                 2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with

                   Bhagalpur Cyber P.S. Case No. 65 of 2025 registered for the

                   offence punishable under Section 318(4) of the B.N.S., 2023 and

                   Sections 66(c), 66(d) of the I.T. Act.

                                 3. The case of the prosecution is that the informant has

                   an account number and a mobile number. His neighbor Dulo

                   Mandal came to him and said that he wants to get his EMI

                   deducted from his account. He gave him the mobile number of a

                   Bajaj Finance employee bearing Mobile No. 8250982946, and

                   after talking to him, he gave him his QR code. Thereafter, he sent

                   Rs. 6,167/- on 24.07.2025. Thereafter, on 02.08.2025, he gets a
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          call from the same Bajaj Finance employee saying that his

          account limit has been reached and to do a favor for him. He

          agreed and sent his QR code. After that, he used to deposit money

          in the account, and he used to send different QR codes. On

          04.08.2025, he got calls from different numbers and was

          demanded money and was also threatened that an FIR was lodged

          against him if the same was not paid. Then, he called Bajaj

          Company and said not to pick up his phone. Thereafter, he

          suspected that he was cheated. Hence, this FIR is lodged.

                       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 in this case, the allegation against the petitioner is

          that he has committed cyber fraud against the informant. He also

          submits that a mobile number is given in the FIR, which is

          8250982946, and it is alleged that the fraud has been committed

          from that mobile number. He further submits that during the entire

          investigation, it has not come out that the said mobile number

          belongs to the petitioner. There is only a confessional statement of

          this petitioner wherein he has stated that after seeing the police, he

          threw the mobile in the pond to save himself from the police. He

          also submits that save and except the confessional statement, there

          is nothing against the petitioner. He further submits that the
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                     petitioner uses a different mobile number, and the mobile number

                     that is used in fraud does not belong to him. He also submits that

                     no account statement of the petitioner’s account has been brought

                     on record to show that he has cheated the informant. Moreover, a

                     statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner

                     has no criminal antecedent and he is languishing in judicial

                     custody since 13.08.2025.

                                  5. The application for bail is vehemently opposed by

                     the learned counsel for the informant and the learned APP for the

                     State.

                                  6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and

                     considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is

                     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 Judicial

                     Magistrate, 1st Class, Bhagalpur in connection with Bhagalpur

                     Cyber P.S. Case No. 65 of 2025.



                                                    (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J)
Sudhanshu/-

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