IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.3791 of 2025 1. Rabi @ Rabindra Kalta 2. Rakesh Kalta …. Petitioners Mr. S.K Mishra, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. R.B. Dash, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 09.04.2025 01. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The Petitioners are seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with C.T. Case No.329 of 2023, pending in the Court of learned JMFC, Kantamal, arising out of Manamunda P.S. Case No.241 of 2023 for commission of alleged offences under Sections 147/ 148/ 454/ 427/ 354/ 323/ 307/ 506/ 395/ 149 of IPC. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel that taking into account the nature of allegation, the Petitioners may be protected by pre-arrest bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes such prayer referring to the statement of the injured, the injury report, the criminal antecedent of the Petitioner and the co-accused have been taken into custody. 5. Taking into account the nature of allegation, this Court is not inclined to entertain the application for pre-arrest bail. However, in the event the Petitioner surrenders before the learned Court in seisin in the aforesaid case and moves an application for his release on bail, the same shall be considered on its own merit. 6. Accordingly, the ABLAPL stands disposed of. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Soumya