p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.13536 of 2025 Jaga Bahadur @ Bakadi … Petitioner Mr. R.C. Moharana, Advocate -versus- State of Orissa … Opposite Party Mr. P. Satpathy, Addl. PP CORAM: JUSTICE G. SATAPATHY Order No. ORDER(ORAL)22.04.2026 02. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical Mode). 2. This is a bail application U/S.483 of BNSS by the petitioner for grant of bail in connection with Angul Sadar PS Case No.686 of 2024 corresponding to CT(S) Case No.476 of 2025 pending in the file of learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Angul for commission of offences punishable U/Ss.115(2)/ 140(1)/3(5) of BNS, on the main allegation of abducting the informant by assaulting and throwing him into the river, along with co- accused persons in furtherance of their common intention. 3. Heard, Mr. Ramesh Chandra Moharana, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. P. Satpathy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor in the matter and perused the record. 4. After having considered the rival submissions upon perusal of record, there appears some allegations against the petitioner for engineering the crime, but the informant in the meantime has already been examined and has tendered his evidence and, therefore, there being little apprehension of tampering of prosecution evidence of material witness like the informant. The paramount consideration in granting bail is securing attendance of the accused at the trial, but no material has in fact been collected by the investigating agency to indicate p. 2 that in the event of grant of bail to the petitioners, they would not attend the trial. Besides, an accused is to be presumed innocent until proven guilty at the trial. It is also not in dispute that the petitioner is in custody since 02.03.2025, but trial is yet to be concluded. In such view of the matter and on going through the materials placed on record together with the examination of the star witness like the informant and taking into account the other circumstances on record in entirety including grant of bail to co-accused Litun @ Litan Pattnaik @ Litun Pattanayak in BLAPL No.11439 of 2025; Tarini Kanta Mishra in BLAPL No.11703 of 2025 and Parsuram Natha in BLAPL No.12526 of 2025, this Court without expressing any view on merit admits the petitioner to bail. 5. 5. Hence, the bail application of the petitioner stands allowed and the petitioner is allowed to go on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) only with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Court in seisin of the case on such terms and conditions as deem fit and proper by it. 6. Accordingly, the BLAPL stands disposed of. 7. Issue urgent certified copy of the order as per Rules. A soft copy of this order be immediately communicated to the concerned Court, who shall afterwards communicate the same to the concerned Jail through e-mail for reference. (G. Satapathy) Judge Jayakrushna