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The Supreme Court connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) came down heavy connected cyber fraudsters, describing them arsenic “parasites” who prey connected unsuspecting citizens, and observed that specified offenders ought to beryllium dealt with firmly. Refusing to entertain a plea by an accused seeking the clubbing of aggregate transgression cases and the assistance of bail, the tribunal remarked that the interests of nine are amended protected erstwhile those progressive successful specified offences stay successful custody.
“You radical are parasites....You people, instrumentality wealth from investors and dupe them. We person to beryllium precise harsh connected you. Society’s involvement is determination lone erstwhile you are wrong jailhouse and not outside”, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant observed.
The apical tribunal was proceeding a petition filed by Manoj Kumar Singh, who is facing aggregate cyberfraud cases crossed Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Jammu and Kashmir. Cases alleging cheating were registered against him by the Jammu Police and the Tirupur Police successful Tamil Nadu earlier this year.
In his plea, Mr. Singh apprised the tribunal that respective transgression cases were pending against him successful antithetic States and expressed apprehension that further cases could beryllium registered successful the future. He accordingly sought interim extortion from the court.
The Bench, besides comprising Justice V. Mohana, took enactment of the signifier allegedly followed by cyberfraud accused, observing that they often perpetrate offences successful 1 State and past determination elsewhere to debar detection and arrest.
“You are hardened criminals whose victims are dispersed pan-India. You cheat idiosyncratic successful Tamil Nadu and past spell to Jammu”, the Chief Justice said.
Accordingly, the Bench declined to assistance immoderate interim alleviation and observed that Mr. Singh was astatine liberty to attack the jurisdictional High Court for due relief.
In October past year, a Bench headed by Chief Justice Kant had taken suo motu cognisance of the increasing menace of “digital arrest” scams, an organised cyberfraud successful which criminals impersonate instrumentality enforcement oregon judicial officers to extort wealth utilizing forged tribunal orders. The court’s involution followed a missive from a septuagenarian pistillate successful Ambala, Haryana, recounting however she and her hubby were duped of astir ₹1.5 crore by conmen impersonating officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED), and judicial authorities.
During the proceedings, the Chief Justice had observed that the judiciary would walk stringent orders to fortify the hands of investigating agencies successful tackling specified offences. Following the court’s intervention, respective States began referring large integer apprehension fraud cases to the CBI. The substance is inactive pending earlier the Supreme Court.
