p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No. 12663 of 2025 1. Debaray Behera 2. Banalata Behera …. Petitioners Mr. A.R. Panda, Advocate -versus- 1. State of Odisha 2. Manik Ratan Behera …. Opposite Party Mr. S. Panigrahi, ASC Mr. D.S. Ray, Adv. (Informant) CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 06.01.2026 02. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the Informant. 2. The Petitioners are seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with C.T. Case No.284 of 2025 pending on the file of learned Grama Nyayalaya -cum-J.M.F.C, Bhograi arising out of Kamarda P.S. Case No.84 of 2025 for commission of offences punishable under Sections 137(2)/296/3(5) of BNS. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the Petitioners have been implicated in the case at hand only because they are the parents of the principal accused. Hence, they may be protected by pre-arrest bail. p. 2 4. Learned counsel for the Informant opposes the prayer for pre-arrest bail inter alia on the ground that though the present Petitioners are the parents of the principal accused, they have equal complicity. 5. Such submission is echoed by the learned counsel for the State. 6. Perused the 183 BNSS statement of the victim. 7. Considering the tenor thereof, it is directed that on surrendering within three weeks hence and moving for bail, the Petitioners shall be released on bail by the learned Court in seisin on such terms as deemed just and proper. 8. It is needless to state that the Petitioners shall cooperate with the ongoing investigation. 9. Accordingly, the ABLAPL stands disposed of. 10. U.C.C. as per rules. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Santoshi