JUDGMENT

1. The petitioner has filed the instant application under Section 439 of Cr. P.C seeking bail in connection with C.I.D. Cyber Crime P.S. Case No.16 of 2020 corresponding to G.R. Case No.691 of 2020 pending before the court of the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class (City), Cuttack. The petitioner herein is the accused in connection with alleged commission of offences punishable under Sections 150/153/153-A/506 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 22.06.2020 at about 5:45 P.M., the Inspector of Police, CID Crime Branch, Odisha, Cuttack (informant) submitted a written report before the Superintendent of Police, CID, Crime Branch, Odisha to the effect that the petitioner claiming himself as the National Chairman Dharma Rakshyak Shree Darasena circulated WhatsApp messages (Mobile No.7292005711) casting aspersion upon the impartiality of the Hon'ble Judges of the Supreme Court especially the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India and provoking his likeminded people to mobilize and congregate in front of the residence of the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India to assault him physically. It is further alleged in the FIR that the rest part of the WhatsApp messa