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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
ABLAPL No. 2088 of 2025
Bikram Patra
…. Petitioner
Mr. B. Dalai, Advocate
-versus-
State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. S. Panigrahi, ASC
CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH
Order No.
ORDER 04.03.2025
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.105 of 2025 pending on the file of learned J.M.F.C. (R) Cuttack, arising out of Sadar P.S. Case No.58 of 2025 for commission of offences punishable under Section 303(2)/3(5) of the BNS and Section 51 of OMMC Rules, 2016.
3. Considering the sections under which the FIR has been instituted and the punishment prescribed, 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. Accordingly, this ABLAPL stands disposed of.
(V. NARASINGH)
Judge Santoshi Designation: Senior Stenographer