p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.5310 of 2025 Deepak Kumar Pradhan …. Petitioner Mr. A.S Paul, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Parties Mr. S.N. Das, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 12.05.2025 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.275 of 2025 pending in the Court of learned SDJM, Khurda, arising out of Khurda P.S. Case No.118 of 2025 for commission of offence punishable under Sections 126(2)/ 115(2)/ 109/ 74/ 333/ 324(4)/ 137(2)/ 296/ 351(3)/ 3(5) of BNS, 2023 read with Section 25 of Arms Act. 3. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer. 4. On a conspectus of materials on record, ABLAPL is disposed of with the observation that the Petitioner may surrender before the learned SDJM, p. 2 Khurda in connection with the aforementioned case within one month from today. In the event of his surrender and motion for bail, the same be considered by the learned SDJM, Khurda on merits, in the first hour of the day. In the event of rejection of the prayer for bail by the learned SDJM, Khurda, the Petitioner is at liberty to move the higher forum for bail in the second hour on the same day. 5. On being so moved, the higher forum is requested to make an endeavour to dispose of the bail application of the Petitioner on the same day. The case diary be made available to the concerned courts to facilitate disposal of the bail application of the Petitioner and learned SDJM, Khurda is called upon to transmit the case record to the higher forum at the earliest in the event of rejection of such bail application. 6. Accordingly, the ABLAPL stands disposed of. 7. U.C.C. as per rules. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Soumya Designation: Senior Senographer