IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.8379 of 2025 Karim Mohammad @ Bunty …. Petitioner Mr. S.K. Baral, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. S. N. Das, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 29.07.2025 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 C.T. Case No.30 of 2025 pending on the file of learned S.D.J.M., Athagarh, arising out of Athagarh P.S. Case No.09 of 2025 for commission of offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 74 and 3(5) of BNS, 2023. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the present Petitioner being Petitioner No.1 had moved this Court in ABLAPL No.1113 of 2025 along with other co-accused and it is stated that since the Petitioner had several criminal antecedents while directing the other co-accused to be released on bail subject to verification of antecedents, his application was not entertained by order dated 18.03.2025. 4. It is further submitted that the co-accused have since been released on bail by this Court in ABLAPL Nos.5258 and 6789 of 2025 vide order dated 12.05.2025 and 20.06.2025 respectively. Hence, on the ground of parity the Petitioner seeks release. 5. So far as antecedents are concerned in Paragraph-7 of the bail application, except Athagarh P.S. Case No.208 of 2024 there is no other pending antecedents. The details of the other cases have also been mentioned in the same paragraph. 6. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for pre-arrest bail. 7. Taking into account the nature of allegations and the punishment prescribed, this Court directs that on surrendering within three weeks hence and moving for bail, the Petitioner 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 Petitioner shall cooperate with the ongoing investigation. 9. Accordingly, the ABLAPL stands disposed of. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Jina Designation: Junior Stenographer