JUDGMENT :

S.K. SAHOO, J.

1. The petitioner in BLAPL No. 9249 of 2017 namely Sukanta Kumar Sahu and the petitioner in BLAPL No. 9365 of 2017 namely Siba Prasad Purohit have prayed for bail in connection with Gopalpur P.S. Case No.27 of 2017 corresponding to G.R. Case No.233 of 2017 pending on the file of learned S.D.J.M., Berhampur in which charge sheet has been submitted for offences punishable under sections 420, 419, 468, 461, 406, 409, 120-B read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. Since both the bail applications arise out of same case, with the consent of the parties, those were heard analogously and disposed of by this common order.

3. The prosecution case, as per the first information report submitted by one Gourav Nayak before the Inspector in charge, Gopalpur Police Station, Gopalpur, Ganjam is that the informant was Collection in charge of IFMR Rural Channels & Services Pvt. Ltd. (hereafter ‘the Company’) registered with the Reserve Bank of India, in the business of remote rural finance and doing business in the district of Ganjam since 2008 having regional office at Berhampur and branch office at Deegipur village. The company used to give small loans to the needy p