IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.10135 of 2025 1. Mantu Digal 2. Shree Sadashib Behera 3. G Chiranjibi Pradhan …. Petitioners Mr. D.K. Behera, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. B. Nayak, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 09.09.2025 01. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The Petitioners are seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with C.T. Case No.119 of 2025 pending on the file of learned JMFC-IV, Bhubaneswar, arising out of Laxmisagar P.S. Case No.47 of 2025 for commission of offences punishable under Section 392(3)(4)/ 126(2)/ 115(2)/ 296/ 109/ 351(2)(3)/ 74 and 3(5) of BNS. 3. This is the third journey of the Petitioners to this Court. 4. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the Petitioners were before this Court in ABLAPL No.3187 of 2025 and this Court by order dated 23.04.20205 directed them to surrender and move for bail within one month of the said order. 5. It is submitted by the learned counsel that because of supervening circumstances, the Petitioners could not surrender within the stipulated period. Hence, this application. 6. Learned counsel for the State opposes such prayer. 7. Taking into account the nature of allegations, this Court is not inclined to entertain the application. However, it is directed that the Petitioners may surrender before the learned JMFC-IV, Bhubaneswar in connection with the aforementioned case within one month from today. In the event of their surrender and motion for bail, the same be considered by the learned JMFC-IV, Bhubaneswar on merits, in the first hour of the day. In the event of rejection of the prayer for bail by the learned JMFC-IV, Bhubaneswar, the Petitioners are at liberty to move the higher forum for bail in the second hour on the same day. 8. On being so moved, the higher forum is requested to make an endeavour to dispose of the bail application of the Petitioners on the same day on merit in accordance with law. ` The case diary shall be made available to the concerned courts to facilitate disposal of the bail application of the Petitioners and learned JMFC-IV, Bhubaneswar is called upon to transmit the case record to the higher forum at the earliest in the event of rejection of such bail application. 9. Accordingly, the ABLAPL stands disposed of. 10. U.C.C. as per rules. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Soumya