p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.4625 of 2025 Mantu @ Mantoo Nayak …. Petitioner Mr. K. Gaya, Advocate -Versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. S.K. Brahma, ASC CORAM: MR. JUSTICE R.K. PATTANAIK Order No. ORDER 19.03.2026 02. 1. Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. 2. Instant petition has been filed under Section 482 BNSS by the petitioner seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Niali P.S. Case No.92 of 2024 corresponding to G.R. Case No.84 of 2024 pending in the court of learned J.M.F.C., Niali on the grounds stated. 3. Perused the FIR as at Annexure-1. A case under Section 304-B IPC and other allied offences have been registered. Mr. Gaya, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the present accused is the husband of the deceased. It is claimed that there has been no dowry demand to the family of the victim, who committed suicide by hanging. A case under Section 306 IPC is registered. The in-laws of the deceased are on bail is revealed from the order in ABLAPL No.4947 of 2024 at Flag-A. Learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioners have demanded dowry and tortured the deceased when it was not fulfilled, which is denied by Mr. Gaya, learned counsel for the petitioner with the submission that accused husband was at p. 2 Dubai at the time when she committed suicide at her parents’ house. From the FIR i.e. Annexure-1, the Court finds that the deceased was allegedly illtreated by her-in-laws and husband. No specific particulars have been provided in the FIR regarding the nature of demand from the family of the petitioner. The deceased died in 2024 and this Court under the impression that substantial part of investigation must have been over by now and that the petitioner was not arrested till now and there is absence of any specific allegations regarding the dowry demand and release of the co-accused persons, who are the in- laws, this Court though not inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to him but is of the view that the petitioner should be directed to surrender before the learned court below for being released with suitable conditions imposed. 4. Accordingly, it is ordered. 5. In the result, the ABLAPL petition stands disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to surrender before learned J.M.F.C., Niali within a fortnight from today and in the event, he surrender in compliance thereof, shall be released on bail in connection with G.R. Case No.84 of 2024 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.30,000/- (rupees thirty thousand) with one solvent surety for the like amount to the satisfaction of the court below, which shall be at liberty to impose such other suitable conditions as deemed just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. 6. Issue urgent certified copy of this order as per rules. (R.K. Pattanaik) Judge Balaram Designation: PERSONAL ASSISTANT