p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.2309 of 2026 Suryakanta Barad …. Petitioner(s) Mr. N.K. Lenka, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opp. Party(s) Mr. S. Panigrahi, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 21.04.2026 01. 1. The petitioner is an accused in connection with Nayagarh P.S. Case No.75 of 2016 corresponding to G.R. Case No.188 of 2016 registered on the allegation of the alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 294/341/324/307/506 of IPC, pending in the Court of the learned SDJM, Nayagarh. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instruction from the petitioner, submits that, except the present bail application, no other bail application of the petitioner is pending in any other Court relating to the aforesaid F.I.R. 3. The prosecution case is that on 12.05.2016 the informant, namely, Manju Swain had lodged FIR before the Nayagarh Police Station alleging therein p. 2 that her daughter, namely, Dolli Swain is a BCA Final Year Student in Millennium College of Nayagarh. At about 12.30 P.M. while her daughter was returning, on the way near Dakhina Kali Temple, the petitioner restrained her, abused her in filthy languages and assaulted her neck by means of knife which the daughter of the informant sustained injury and also threatened to her daughter for dire consequences. 4. The FIR has been registered against the petitioner way back in the year 2016 and the petitioner has approached this Court five times earlier by repeatedly moving ABLAPLs, but have withdrawn those applications. 4. Regard being had to the nature of allegation and the fact that the FIR has been registered in the year 2016 and the petitioner is avoiding the process of the court, I am not inclined to grant the petitioner the concession of pre-arrest bail. However, it’s open and expedient for the petitioner to surrender before the court below and moves application for regular bail. If such application is moved, the same shall be considered by the courts below on the same day. 5. With the aforesaid observation, the ABLAPL is disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge AshoK MOHAPATRA