
Case Law Analysis
|Punjab and Haryana High Court
Section 318(4) BNS | Mule Account Holder Constitutes Active Participation in Cyber Fraud, Denying Bail : Punjab & Haryana HC
The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that operating a bank account used to launder cyber fraud proceeds amounts to active participation under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, disqualifying the accused from bail. The judgment clarifies that lack of direct victim contact does not absolve liability for financial facilitation of fraud, setting a precedent for stricter scrutiny of mule accounts in cybercrime cases.