p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No. 8707 of 2024 Chandradhwaja Karado @ Salim …. Petitioner Mr. S.K. Panda, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. S. Panda, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 26.06.2025 04. 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.470 of 2024 pending on the file of learned S.D.J.M., Parlakhemundi, arising out of Parlakhemundi P.S. Case No.232 of 2024 for commission of offences punishable under Sections 364/386/506/34 of IPC. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the Petitioner does not have any criminal proclivity and since the co-accused have since been released on bail by order dated 23.09.2024 in ABLAPL Nos.9121 of 2024 and 9123 of 2024, Petitioner may be protected by pre- arrest, inter alia, on the ground of parity. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for pre-arrest bail and submits that the orders p. 2 passed in respect of co-accused do not have any precedential value. 5. There is no cavil about such proposition of law. 6. Keeping in view the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vrs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another reported in (2022) 10 SCC 51 more particularly paragraph 98 thereof relating to parity, 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 subject to verification of criminal antecedent of similar nature. 7. If it comes to the fore that the Petitioner has any such criminal antecedent, this order shall not be given effect to. 8. Before releasing the learned Court shall verify as to whether order of this Court has been assailed before the Apex Court and if so, the result thereof. 9. It is needless to state that the Petitioner shall cooperate with the ongoing investigation. 10. Accordingly, the ABLAPL stands disposed of. 11. U.C.C. as per rules. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Santoshi