IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.4828 of 2025 Nityananda Pradhan & another …. Petitioners Mr. D. Sethy, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. S. Pandai, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 07.05.2025 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.197 of 2025 pending on the file of learned S.D.J.M., Nilgiri, arising out of Oupada P.S. Case No.40 of 2025 for commission of offence punishable under Sections 296/115(2)/3(5) of BNS. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel that though all the offences alleged are bailable in nature but on extraneous consideration, the Petitioners are being harassed. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for pre-arrest bail. 5. Considering that all the offences alleged are bailable in nature, this Court has no iota of doubt that the investigating agency 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, reported in 2022 (10) SCC 51. 6. In view of the above, this ABLAPL stands disposed of. (V. NARASINGH) Judge PKS