Patna High Court
CR. MISC./31551/2026 of Sanjay Lee Vs The State of Bihar on 20 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31551 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-24 Year-2025 Thana- Cyber P.S. District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Sanjay Lee S/o Emmanuel Lee Ro Vill- Block-c, Saraswati Vihar, P.S- Ajabpur Kurd, Dist-
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31551 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-24 Year-2025 Thana- Cyber P.S. District- Kishanganj ======================================================
Sanjay Lee S/o Emmanuel Lee Ro Vill- Block-c, Saraswati Vihar, P.S- Ajabpur Kurd, Dist- Dehradun,State- Uttrakhand
... ... Petitioner
Versus
1.
The State of Bihar
2.
Cyber Crime Security Unit through SP Patna Patna Bihar
... ... Opposite Parties
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Smt. Sudha Ambastha, Advocate
For Cyber Crime Unit
:
Mr. Vijay Anand, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Navin Kumar Pandey
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR
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ORAL ORDER
20-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Kishanganj Cyber P.S. Case No. 24 of 2025, instituted for the offences under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3) and 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 66(C) and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the petitioner allegedly used the informant’s bank account for committing cybercrime, resulting in the freezing of the informant’s UPI transactions.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. She Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31551 of 2026(6) dt.20-08-2026
further submits that after investigation, Charge-sheet has already been submitted in this case. The counsel lastly submits that petitioner has clean criminal antecedents and he is in custody since 21.08.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of Cyber Crime Security Unit, vehemently, opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of Cyber Crime Security Unit submits that petitioner has used the informant’s bank account to withdraw the amount of others by committing cybercrime.
6. Having heard the parties and considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, taking into account the antecedents of the petitioner and also considering the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- ( Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Kishanganj Cyber P.S. Case No. 24 of 2025, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be the petitioner’s own or close member.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31551 of 2026(6) dt.20-08-2026
(II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed during the trial and shall not remain absent on two consecutive dates without sufficient cause. (III) The petitioner shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence or influence/intimidate any witness during the course of trial. In case of violation of any of the aforesaid conditions, the Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
manish/- (Alok Kumar, J) U T