Digital arrest cyber fraud
Maloji rao ghodkar
(Querist) 18 May 2026
This query is : Resolved
The victim in digital arrest fraud transferred money to the mule account of the private bank and then reported the matter to the cyber police, who registered FIR and ordered for freezing of the amount lying in the mule account. By then some amount was withdrawn. The bank paid part of the amount to the victim but failed to remaining amount. The victim filed complaint with the District Consumer Commission against the bank seeking for refund of the remaining amount. The Commission raised object that the victim does not have privity of contract with the bank and complaint under the Consumer Protection Act is not maintainable. It was clarified that the amount transferred to the account of the bank is out of fraud and cheating and the tainted amount is required to be refunded to the victim. Any case law in support of the maintaining of the complaint under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 please. Thanks
kavksatyanarayana
(Expert) 20 May 2026
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T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 20 May 2026
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Dr. J C Vashista
(Expert) 22 May 2026
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