IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No. 2262 of 2026 Kalandi Patra @ Kalia @ Kalu …. Petitioner Mr. T.K. Mohanty, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. S. Panigrahi, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 24.04.2026 01. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is an accused in connection with T.R. Case No.760 of 2025 pending on the file of the learned Special Judge (POCSO) -cum- Addl. Sessions Judge, Bhubaneswar, arising out of Dhauli P.S. Case No.295 of 2025 for commission of the alleged offence under Sections 70(2)/ 126(2)/ 310(2)/ 115(2)/ 351(3) of BNS read with Section 6 of POCSO Act. 3. Learned counsel, on instruction, submits that except the present BLAPL, no other bail application of the Petitioner relating to the aforementioned P.S. Case is pending in any other Court. 4. Being aggrieved by the rejection of his application for bail U/s.483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) by the learned Special Judge (POCSO)-cum-Addl. Sessions Judge, Bhubaneswar by order dated 06.02.2026 in the aforementioned case, the present BLAPL has been filed. 5. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that it’s a case of false implication and taking into account the period in custody since 14.12.2025, the Petitioner may be released on bail. 6. Such submission is opposed by the learned counsel for the State. 7. This Court perused the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of BNSS, who was sexually assaulted as well as that of her friend who is also injured. 8. From the case record, learned counsel for the State submits that the Petitioner has been identified in the T.I. Parade. 9. It is also the case of the prosecution that the entire act is videographed and the accused who did the videography is absconding and so far the criminal proclivity of the Petitioner is concerned, it is stated that he has two criminal antecedents i.e. Mancheswar P.S. Case No.341 of 2023 under Sections 294/324/326/307/506/34 IPC and Dhauli P.S. Case No.164 dated 19.08.2023 under Sections 294/324/332/353/399/307/402/506 IPC. 10. Considering the nature of allegations and the criminal proclivity of the Petitioner, this Court is not inclined to entertain the bail application of the Petitioner. 11. Accordingly, the BLAPL stands disposed of. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Ayesha