P&H: Rejects Bail in Cyber Fraud Case, Cites Mule Account Role and Concealment of Earlier Bail Petition

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 12 Aug 2026
Headnotes

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483 — Bail — Successive bail application — Accused has a right to make successive applications for grant of bail and while entertaining such a subsequent bail application, Court is required to consider reasons and grounds on which earlier bail petition was...

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483 — Bail — Successive bail application — Concealment of earlier petition — Fact that petition was second petition for grant of bail had been concealed by petitioner by mentioning it as first petition and such concealment was considered reason...

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Ss.318(4), 61 — Bail — Cheating — Petitioner in connivance with co-accused was alleged to have provided his bank account as a mule account for transfer of money extracted from complainant in a cyber fraud and...

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Ss.318(4), 61 — Bail — Cheating — In view of gravity of allegations, manner in which offences were committed, part played by petitioner and attendant facts and circumstances of case, petitioner was found not entitled...


Facts of the Case

P&H: Rejects Bail in Cyber Fraud Case, Cites Mule Account Role and Concealment of Earlier Bail Petition

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused regular bail to Sudhir Yadav in a cyber fraud case involving alleged transfer of Rs.18 lakh from a complainant’s account. The Court said the petitioner’s bank account was allegedly used as a mule account in the fraud and that the offence formed part of an organised cyber crime network.

According to the prosecution, complainant Nand Kishore Khurana had approached the NCCRP portal on 27 December 2024 alleging that he had been cheated of Rs.18 lakh. During investigation, police traced the bank account and mobile number linked to the petitioner. An amount of...

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