JUDGMENT

S.K. Sahoo, J.—This case depicts a grim picture where protectors have turned predators and committed child sexual abuse on the girl students in an unregistered institution in a very calculated and diabolical manner. The protest of the victims who were subjected to sexual molestation, physical and mental torture, humiliation and harassment resounded within the four corners of the walls of the institution. By the time their plight was brought to the notice of the district administration, much water had flown under the bridge. The predatory mindset of the accused had destroyed their intelligence and conscience and they acted in an undignified manner burying their morality and under the garb of giving shelter to the poverty-stricken children, they intentionally caused harm to them physically, psychologically and sexually. The victims were left with such deep emotional trauma and scars in the inner world that it would be difficult to heal during the rest of their lives.

2. The petitioner Faiz Rehman in BLAPL No.7760 of 2018 and the petitioner Udit Kumar Lima in BLAPL No.339 of 2019 have filed these applications under section 439 of Cr.P.C. in connection with Dhenkanal Sadar P.S