IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No. 14354 of 2025 Dillip Kumar Mishra …. Petitioner Mr. A. Tripathy, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. S.N. Das, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 23.12.2025 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 Special G.R. Case No.42 of 2025 pending on the file of learned Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Titlagarh arising out of Saintala P.S. Case No.315 of 2025 for commission of offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)C/29 of NDPS Act. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the vehicle which has been admittedly owned by the Petitioner was involved in the alleged transportation of contraband to the tune of 60 Kg. recovered from the said vehicle. 4. It is submitted that there was no dispute that the vehicle was driven by the younger brother of the Petitioner and only because he is the owner of the vehicle he has been falsely implicated in the case at hand. 5. Learned counsel for the State opposes such prayer in view of the bar contained in Section 37(1)(b)(ii) of the N.D.P.S Act. 6. Taking into account the nature of allegations and the rigors of the N.D.P.S Act, this Court is not inclined to entertain the application for pre-arrest bail. However, in the event the Petitioner surrenders before the learned Court in seisin in the aforesaid case and moves an application for his release on bail, the same shall be considered on its own merit. 7. The ABLAPL is accordingly disposed of. (V. NARASINGH) PKS Judge