IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.14921 of 2025 Bhabani Shankar Kar …. Petitioner(s) Ms. A. Ray, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party(s) Mr. Jateswar Naik, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 24.04.2026 02. 1. Heard. 2. The petitioner is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Bentkar (42 Mouza) P.S. Case No.388 of 2025 corresponding to G.R. Case No.1577 of 2025 registered on the allegation of commission of offences under Sections 68 of OMMC Rules and Sections 3(5)/303(2) of of B.N.S., 2023 pending in the Court of the learned JMFC-IV (Cog. Taking), Cuttack. 3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 20.11.2025, while the informant along with other police personnel was on patrolling duty, they received reliable information that a tractor loaded with sand was approaching on the road. Acting upon such information, the patrolling staff waited and, upon noticing the said tractor, signalled the driver to stop the vehicle. It is alleged that the driver stopped the tractor on the roadside and thereafter fled from the spot. Upon inspection of the vehicle, it was revealed that Sanjeeb Kumar Mohapatra is the owner of the said tractor. It is further alleged that one Govind Kar was also involved in the transportation of illegal sand. On the basis of these allegations, the informant lodged the F.I.R. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 5. Regard being had to the nature of allegation and the submissions made, this Court directs the petitioner to surrender before the Court in seisin over the matter on or before 20.05.2026 and moves an application for bail, the Court in seisin over the matter shall release them on bail in connection with the aforesaid case on such terms and conditions as it may deem just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, subject to verification of the criminal antecedents of similar nature. If such application is filed, it is expected that the learned Court below shall decide the bail application on the same day. 6. With this observation, the ABLAPL is disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Swarna