May instruct courts not to give bail in digital arrest cases: SC
The Supreme Court of India has indicated it may restrict courts from granting bail to individuals involved in 'digital arrest' cyber fraud cases. The court emphasized that the balance of convenience must favor the victims of these organized crimes.
Why it matters
This reflects a hardening judicial stance against rising cyber extortion and digital fraud targeting vulnerable populations.
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.
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