JUDGMENT :

S.K. Sahoo, J.

The petitioner Deepak Agrawal @ Deepu has knocked at the portals of this Court by filing this application under section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure seeking for bail in connection with Markatnagar P.S. Case No.20 of 2021 corresponding to G.R. Case No.122 of 2021 pending on the file of learned S.D.J.M. (Sadar), Cuttack in which charge sheet has been submitted for the offences punishable under sections 417, 420, 272, 273 of the Indian Penal Code, sections 51, 52, 53, 59 of the Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006 (hereafter referred to as ‘2006 Act’), sections 33 and 36 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (hereafter referred to as ‘2009 Act’) and Rule 32 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 (hereafter referred to as ‘2011 Rules).

The petitioner moved an application for bail in the Court of learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Cuttack, which was rejected vide order dated 23.03.2021 mainly on the ground that the investigation of the case was under progress and the complete chain of adulteration was to be unearthed and there was every chance of tampering with the evidence.

2. The factual matrix of the case on hand is that, Pradipta Kishore Na