Sokat Ansari v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Sokat Ansari regular bail granted, Jharkhand HC (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.), 25.02.2026, B.A. no. 606 of 2026; Cyber P.S. case no. 169 of 2025, Deoghar; B.N.S 2023 Sections 111(2)(b), 111(3), 111(4), 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2); I.T. Act Sections 66B, 66C, 66D, 84(C); cybercrime, online fraud, fake Phone-pe customer care officer, loan approval deception; recovery of two mobile handsets and one SIM card; custody since 17.12.2025; bail bond Rs. 25,000/- with two sureties; satisfaction of Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Cyber Crime, Special Court, Deoghar; bail conditions incl. non-disturbance of informant/witnesses, co-operation with trial, furnishing mobile number and Aadhar Card copy, undertaking not to change mobile number.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted — court below directed to release the petitioner on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Cyber Crime, Special Court, Deoghar, in connection with Cyber P. S. case no. 169 of 2025, subject to conditions: (i) not to annoy or disturb the informant or other witnesses and to co-operate with the trial; (ii) to furnish mobile phone number and photocopy of Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking not to change the mobile phone number during trial.