IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.13342 of 2025 Sayed Iqbal @ Syed Iqbal Hussain … Petitioner Mr. R.N. Rout, Advocate -versus-

State of Odisha … O.P.

Mr. S.C. Pradhan, Addl. PP CORAM: JUSTICE G. SATAPATHY ORDER(ORAL)18.02.2026 Order No

03. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical Mode).

2. This is a bail application U/S.483 of the BNSS by the petitioner for grant of bail in connection with CID CB PS Case No. 26 of 2024 corresponding to GR Case No. 447 of 2024 pending in the Court of learned JMFC- III(Cognizance Taking), Cuttack for commission of offences punishable U/Ss.419/ 420/ 465/ 467/ 468/ 471/ 120(B)/34 of IPC r/w Sections 66(C)/66(D) of the IT Act, on the main allegation of alluring the informant to invest the money on the assurance of high returns and in the process, cheating him for a sum of Rs.

47,20,000/- by way of cyber fraud and forgery.

3. In the course of hearing, Mr. Rajendra Narayan Rout, learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner in fact does not know the informant and the amount that has been credited to his account is not opened by him and thereby, he has no role in committing any crime and, therefore, t