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The Patan Sessions Court has canceled the bail application of three accused involved in cyber crime and online fraud like digital arrest. These accused had allowed their bank accounts to be used by cyber thugs at the lure of the commission. Sessions Judge H.S. Muliya’s court has taken this decision keeping in mind the seriousness of the crime and financial transactions worth crores of rupees.

Accused Vishal applied for bail after the chargesheet was produced in a crime registered at the Patan Cyber ​​Crime Police Station. The police investigation revealed that Vishal had given his bank account kit to cyber thugs at the behest of the commission. 1,74,45,074 rupees were deposited in his account and 1,73,85,046.73 rupees were withdrawn from it. A total of 30 complaints and petitions have been registered against this account from different states of the country. The investigation also revealed that suspicious financial transactions totaling more than Rs 16.65 crore were made by this group of accused in mule accounts.

Yakub alias Munno, another accused involved in the same crime of Patan Cyber ​​Crime Police Station, also applied for bail. Yakub also gave his bank account kit to cyber thugs at the lure of the commission. 1,87,41,868 was deposited in his bank account and 1,87,41,668.07 was withdrawn from it. A total of 12 complaints have been registered against this bank account from across the country. The court noted that even after the chargesheet, the evidence against the accused is intact and the offense cannot be granted bail as it is of serious nature.

Manthan Vinodji Thakor, accused in the crime of digital arrest registered in Chansma police station and cheating by sending APK link, applied for bail. In this case, the accused Manthan Thakor had rented the bank accounts of 3 persons from another accused Jagdishji and himself got more commission and let other cyber thugs use them. In these 3 accounts received by Manth, only Rs. 91,95,777 were transacted and the amount was misappropriated. Signing blank checks through the entire network for Rs. 7,16,14,895 illegal financial transactions have been committed.

On the side of the government, Public Advocate SH. Thakkar strongly opposed the bail pleas and submitted that innocent people across the country are being robbed by sending digital arrests or online links. Mule account holders who give their bank accounts or get accounts on rent play an active role in such crimes.Sessions Judge H.S. Taking into account the arguments of both the parties and the affidavit of the investigating officer, Mulia clarified in the order that there is evidence of suspicious and illegal financial transactions of crores of rupees against the accused. In view of the active role of the accused at the stage of primary and charge sheet in serious financial crimes like cyber fraud, the court cannot exercise its discretionary power to grant bail. As a result, the bail applications of the three accused have been denied.