p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.3048 of 2026 Krushna Lohar …. Petitioner Mr. Mithun Das, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opp. Party Mr. P.S. Nayak, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 02.05.2026 02. 1. The petitioner is an accused in connection with Champua P.S. Case No.66 of 2026 corresponding to G.R. Case No.116 of 2026 registered for the alleged commission of the offence punishable under Section 318(4)/317(2)/61(2) of the BNS, 2023 r/w Sections 66(C)/66(D) of the I.T. Act, pending in the Court of the learned S.D.J.M., Champua. The petitioner had approached the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Champua, in B.A. No.53 of 2026 praying for grant of bail. The learned Court below vide its order dated 20.03.2026 rejected the bail application of the petitioner. Being aggrieved, the petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 praying for enlargement on bail. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instruction p. 2 from the petitioner, submits that except the present bail application, no other bail application of the petitioner is pending in any other Court relating to the aforesaid F.I.R. 3. The prosecution case as revealed from the FIR is that as per the order of the S.P., Keonjhar, the S.I. of Police of Champua P.S. conducted inquiry regarding cyber financial fraud activities and during the course of inquiry, he found that Hemalata Lohar of village Shankarpur was holding bank account vide Account No.39574854542 at SBI, Chimila Branch since 14.08.2020 and suspicious transactions were noticed in that account for a long time. Hence, the case. 4. The investigation is still going on in the present case. Mr. Nayak, learned Additional Government Advocate appearing for the State submits that this is an inter-state organized cyber crime and the investigating agency is trying to trace the monetary trail and also trying to find out the modus operandi adopted by the petitioner to commit a huge cyber fraud. 5. Regard being had to the aforementioned submissions of learned counsel for the parties, since the investigation is still going on in the present case, I am not inclined to entertain the present bail application at this stage. Hence, the bail application is p. 3 Subhasis rejected. However, liberty is granted to the petitioner to renew his bail plea before the trial Court after the charge sheet is filed in the present case. 6. With the aforementioned observation, the BLAPL is disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Designation: Personal Assistant Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack.