IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.2068 of 2026 Bikash Gochhayat …. Petitioner Mr. B. S. Dasparida, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha & Anr. …. Opposite Parties Mr. Sobhan Panigrahi, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 11.05.2026 02. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The Petitioner is an accused in connection with Special (POCSO) Case No.13 of 2026 pending on the file of learned Additional District & Sessions Judge- cum-Special Court under POCSO Act, Angul, arising out of Gopalprasad P.S. Case No.31 of 2026 for commission of offence alleged under Sections 74/75(2)/351(2) of BNS read with Section 12 of POCSO Act and Section 67 of IT 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 their application for bail U/s.483 of the BNSS by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum- Special Court under POCSO Act, Angul by order dated 17.02.2026 in the aforementioned case, the present BLAPL has been filed. 5. The prosecution case in brief is that the minor daughter of the Opposite Party No.2(informant) is prosecuting her studies in Class-IX of Girls High School by residing at her aunt’s house in Kalamachhuin. On 26.01.2026, the Petitioner scaled the boundary wall of her school and forced her to take photographs. It is also further alleged that the Petitioner forcefully proposed her to marry him or else threatened her to make viral those photographs in social media. 6. It is submitted by learned counsel for the Petitioner that the allegations are ex-facie exaggerated. And considering the period in custody, the Petitioner may be released on bail. 7. Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, opposes such prayer for bail of the Petitioner. 8. Taking into account the nature of allegations and on perusal of the 164 statement as well as the charge-sheet has been filed inter alia under Section 67 of the IT Act, this Court is not inclined to entertain the bail application of the Petitioner (Bikash Gochhayat) and the same stands rejected. 9. It shall be open to the Petitioner to renew the prayer after examination of the victim. 10. Accordingly, the BLAPL stands disposed of. U.C.C as per rules. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Sumita