The Supreme Court expressed this view while dismissing a plea by a Delhi-based accused who sought to consolidate multiple interstate fraud cases into a single jurisdiction. Refusing the request, the court determined that elderly victims should not be burdened with traveling across state lines to provide testimony. Instead, the bench ruled that investigations must remain with the local police where the offenses transpired, though state-level consolidation through relevant High Courts remains an option. The petitioner subsequently withdrew the plea after the bench refused to accommodate lower-level operatives who facilitate these multi-crore crimes.
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Local police forces will retain primary jurisdiction over the fraud cases so victims are…: Local police forces will retain primary jurisdiction over the fraud cases so victims are spared from traveling out of state to depose.
Accused individuals operating mule accounts face severe judicial resistance and will not…: Accused individuals operating mule accounts face severe judicial resistance and will not be granted procedural shortcuts to derail investigations.
Facilitators of digital arrest networks could soon face blanket instructions preventing s…: Facilitators of digital arrest networks could soon face blanket instructions preventing subordinate courts from granting them bail.
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SC said it may restrain courts from granting bail to those arrested for putting senior citizens under digital arrest, calling such crimes "dacoity to say the least".
NEW DELHI: Keeping up the heat on accused in cyber fraud cases, SC on Wednesday said if the situation demands, it will restrain courts from granting bail to those arrested for putting senior citizens under digital arrest to dupe them of their hard-earned life savings.This observation came from a bench of CJI Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana as the counsel for a Delhi-based petitioner, who is accused of providing a mule account for deposit of proceeds of extortion through digital arrest, sought clubbing of numerous cases in different states at one place.
Perusing the records, SC said that one of the first victims of this crime syndicate was an 81-year resident of Ernakulam, from whom the criminals allegedly extorted 1.9 crore. “You want such victims of digital arrest and cyber fraud to travel to other states to depose as complainants? The cases will be investigated by police of the…
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