IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.8358 of 2025 Sasi Sekhar Jha …. Petitioner Mr. D.D. Nayak, Senior Advocate along with Mr. Pratik Nayak, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opp. Party Mr. Aurobinda Mohanty, Addl. Standing Counsel CORAM: JUSTICE S.K. SAHOO Order No. ORDER 12.09.2025 01. This matter is taken up through Hybrid arrangement (video conferencing/physical mode). Heard Mr. Dharanidhar Nayak, learned Senior Advocate and learned counsel for the State. This is an application under section 483 of BNSS in connection with Champua P.S. Case No.187 of 2025 corresponding G.R. Case No.369 of 2025 pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M., Champua for alleged commission of offence under section 103(1)/3(5) of BNS. The prayer for bail of the petitioner has been rejected by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Digitally Signed Signed by: RAJESH KUMAR BADHEI Designation: Junior Stenographer Reason: Authentication Location: HIGH COURT OF ORISSA, CUTTACK Date: 13-Sep-2025 13:51:36 Signature Not Verified Champua vide order dated 30.07.2025. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is the Hindi Teacher in Kerala English Medium School, Champua and he is in judicial custody since 17.07.2025. The statements of the witnesses, particularly, that of one Trilochan Naik indicates that ten to twelve students of the school were taking drugs, which was detected by the petitioner and other school authorities and the students were cautioned that the matter would be intimated to their guardians and that they would be suspended from the school and one of the students, namely, Krishna Pradhan committed suicide by jumping from the roof of the hostel. Learned counsel further submitted that in view of the nature of allegation, it cannot be said that the petitioner abated the commission of suicide of the student and in the meantime, investigation has made substantial progress and there is no chance of absconding of the petitioner and therefore, the bail application of the petitioner may be favourbaly considered. Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, opposed the prayer for bail and produced the case diary and placed the statements of witnesses, namely, Trilochan Naik and Gyana Ranjan Pradhan. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the respective parties, the surrounding circumstances under which the deceased committed suicide, the role stated to have been played by the petitioner and the period of detention of the petitioner in judicial custody, I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (rupees twenty thousand) with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Court in seisin over the matter with further conditions that the petitioner shall not try to tamper with the prosecution evidence and shall appear before the learned trial Court on each date to which the case would be posted for trial. Violation of any of the conditions shall entail cancellation of bail. The BLAPL is accordingly disposed of. Issue urgent certified copy as per Rules. ( S.K. Sahoo) Judge Rajesh