Rowshan Zamal v. State Of West Bengal

23.04.2025 Ct.No.34 b.das Rejected C.R.M. (M) 100 of 2025 In Re : An application for bail under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 filed in connection with Chandannagar Cyber Crime Police Station Case No. 30 of 2024 dated 14.11.2024 under Section 318(4)/316(2)/317(4)/61(2) of BNS, 2023 and Section 66/66D of Information Technology Act, 2000.

And In Re :

Rowshan Zamal.

... Petitioner.

Mr. Santanu Chatterjee Mr. Rajendra Kr. Nandi ... for the petitioner.

Mr. Rudradipta Nandy Mr. Debanshu Ghorai ... for the State.

The petitioner is in custody for about 120 days and prays for bail.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has no nexus with the alleged offence. The mobile number and IP address used for creating fictitious accounts and duping money of the students do not belong to him. An earlier complaint on similar allegations was lodged against the petitioner before Tamluk P.S. and the petitioner has been discharged from the said case.

Opposing the prayer, learned counsel for the State submits that a scheme has been introduced by the government of West Bengal in the name of "Taruner Swapna Scheme" wherein eligible students of Class-XI and XII of government schools are getting Rs.10,000/-. The students are asked to furnish their bank details before the Headmaster of the respective schools after which the

account details are uploaded in "Banglar Shiksha Portal" in order to enable deposit of funds in the said accounts. The investigating agency has traced a racket which enters the said portal and creates fake/hired accounts by changing the bank details of the students available in the portal for the purpose of siphoning money there from to the hired accounts opened in the names of various persons. The mobile number used for the purpose belongs to the father of the petitioner who has stated that though the mobile number is in his name, it is used by the petitioner. Charge sheet has been submitted and further investigation is in progress.

I have considered the material on record which prima facie connects the petitioner to the alleged offence. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence which has affected the students at large, this Court is of the view that this is not a fit case for releasing the petitioner on bail at this stage. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. The application for bail is thus disposed of. Case diary be returned.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)