JUDGMENT :

S.K. SAHOO, J.

The appellants Bhagyabati Rout and her husband Duryodhan Bhuyan have filed CRLA No. 184 of 2017 challenging the impugned order dated 25.01.2017 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Designated Court under the OPID Act, Cuttack in C.T. Case No.2 of 2017 in rejecting their application for bail. The said case arises out of Nikirai P.S. Case No. 12 of 2017 in which charge sheet has been submitted under section 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978 (hereafter ‘P.C.M.C.S.B. Act, 1978’) and section 6 of Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 2011 (hereafter ‘O.P.I.D. Act, 2011’).

The petitioner Jibandeep Rout @ Jibandip Rout in BLAPL No. 3331 of 2017 has filed the application under section 439 of Cr.P.C. seeking for bail in the aforesaid case as his prayer for bail was turned down vide order dated 01.05.2017 by the said Court.

Since in both the cases, the prayer for bail has been made, with the consent of the respective parties, the matters were heard analogously and disposed of by this common order.

2. One Narayan Chandra Malla lodged the