IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.1682 of 2025 Mohan Khara @ Mohan Rao Khara …. Petitioner Mr. B.C. Parija, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. R.B. Dash, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 19.02.2025 01. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The Petitioner is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with G.R. Case No.107 of 2024 pending on the file of learned S.D.J.M., Jeypore, arising out of Jeypore Mahila P.S. Case No.11 of 2025 for commission of offence punishable under Sections 115(2)/351(2)/74/75(1) of B.N.S. 3. Taking into account the nature of allegations and the maximum punishment prescribed under Section 74 of BNS being for 5 years, this Court has no iota of doubt that the authority shall scrupulously follow the guidelines laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar vrs. State of Bihar & another, (2014) 8 SCC 273 and reiterated in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vrs. Central Bureau of Investigation & another, (2022) 10 SCC 51. 4. In that view of the matter, the ABLAPL is disposed of as not maintainable. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Ayesha