ORDER

Order No. 30.05.2025

02. 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

2. This bail application under Section 439 of the Cr.P.C. read with Section 483 of the BNS of the petitioner has arisen out of G.R. Case No.426 of 2024 corresponding to Mangalabag P.S. Case No.162 of 2024, pending in the Court of learned J.M.F.C. (City), Cuttack.

3. I have already heard from the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Addl. Standing Counsel for the State.

4. The petitioner has been charge-sheeted under Sections 409/420 of IPC on the allegation of commission of criminal breach of trust as well as cheating Rs.29 lakhs of the Government money, while he was serving as a Deputy Director of Fisheries in the office of the Director of the Directorate of Fisheries, Odisha, Cuttack as well as DDO of the said Directorate by transferring such amount, i.e., Rs.29 lakhs from the government account to his own account.

5. The petitioner is in jail custody since 04.07.2024 having been implicated under Sections 409/420 of IPC, 1860.

6. During course of hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that, the peti