c – Allocate memory in array for char/wide-char

char *DPAPIDecrypt(BYTE *bCipher) {
    DATA_BLOB in;
    DATA_BLOB out;

    unsigned int pCipherLen = strlen((const char *) bCipher);

    BYTE *pCipherText = (BYTE *) HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0x00000008, pCipherLen*2+2);
    memcpy(pCipherText, bCipher, pCipherLen*2+2);

    in.pbData = pCipherText;
    in.cbData = pCipherLen+1;

    char pPlainText(1024) = {0};

    if (CryptUnprotectData(&in, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, &out)) {
        for (int i=0; i<out.cbData; i++)
            pPlainText(i) = out.pbData(i);
        pPlainText(out.cbData) = '';

        LocalFree(in.pbData);
        LocalFree(out.pbData);
        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, pCipherText);

        return pPlainText;
    }
    else return NULL;
}

Here, pPlainText buffer is strong each char of out.pbData so 1 byte each.
what if some chars in out.pbData is wide_char, so it will allocate 2 byte (generally), so for next char case pPlainText should be pPlainText (i+2) ?

or i should treat every char from out.pbData as wide_char.