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‘No explanation on why they allowed scammers to use bank account’

Court rejects bail plea of 2 booked in Rs 58 crore digital arrest case.

3 min readNov 22, 2025 08:33 PM IST

The judge noted rising cybercrime and said account holders cannot escape liability for misuse of their accounts.

A Mumbai court has denied bail to Arjun and Jetharam Kadvasara for allegedly allowing scammers to use their forged company’s bank account in the ₹58 crore digital arrest fraud. (Image via pexels)

Observing that they had not explained why they had allowed their bank accounts to be operated by scammers, a sessions court on Friday rejected the bail pleas of two brothers booked in the Rs 58 crore digital arrest scam case.
The court rejected the pleas of Arjun Kadvasara and Jetharam Kaduvasara, in whose company’s account, Rs 34.95 lakh of the fraud amount were transferred.

“Cyber crimes are raising day by day. Innocent people are losing their hard earn money due to cyber frauds. Everybody must be aware that he or she should not permit the other person to misuse his or her bank account for the criminal activities. After permitting to use his or her account for criminal activities, he or she cannot escape from the criminal liability,” special judge A K Gujarati said in the order passed on Friday.

Last month, the Maharashtra cyber police arrested 21 people for allegedly conning a trader by claiming that they were officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, and he was placed under “digital arrest” in a case.

Earlier this month, the bail pleas of the two accused along with four others were rejected by the magistrate court. The complainant had received a call in August from the accused who claimed that his name had cropped up in a probe linked to Jet Airways, and he was defrauded.

The Kadvasara brothers had, in their bail pleas, said that they were falsely implicated and had no knowledge of the transactions in their account, and that they had not received any amount. They had also that the probe was completed and their further custody was not needed.

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The police opposed their pleas stating that there is documentary proof of the money sent to the accounts of the two men and that no explanation was given on the transaction. The police had also claimed that there was CCTV footage in which Jetharam could be seen filling a form to transfer the amount.

The court said that the record shows that the accused registered a forged company to open a bank account for the fraudulent conversation and had prima facie played an active role in the crime.