Chandigarh, Aug. 10 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has flagged that considering the serious nature of allegations, complexity of the investigation and impact of such offences on society, the courts are required to be extra cautious in granting bail in cyber syndicate fraud cases.

"There is a high probability of the petitioner continuing similar unlawful activities and repeating a similar offence once enlarged on bail," it said while denying bail to one Sushil Kaushik, an accused in December 2025 criminal case registered by the cyber station police of Chandigarh.

According to the complaint dated October 28, 2025 by Pankaj Kumar, he received a phone call from a woman who introduced herself as Simran Sharma and claimed that she ...