p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.2102 of 2026 Asha Kalandi …. Petitioner Mr. Ramesh Chandra Maharana, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opp. Party Mr. Debaraj Mohanty, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 15.05.2026 02. 1. The petitioner is an accused in connection with E I & E B Unit-II Cuttack vide P.R. No.399/2025-26 corresponding to 2(a)CC Case No.111/2025 registered for the alleged commission of the offences punishable under Section 21(b) of the N.D.P.S. Act, pending in the Court of the learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Cuttack. The petitioner had approached the learned 2nd Additional District & Sessions Judge, Cuttack in 2(a)CC Case No.111/2025 praying for grant of bail. The learned Court below vide its order dated 21.02.2026 rejected the bail application of the petitioner. Being aggrieved, the petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 praying for enlargement on bail. Page 2 of 3 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 as per the F.I.R. is that on 14.10.2025 at about 1.30 P.M., while the informant along with her team were performing patrolling duty at Phulnakhara Chhak, the petitioner was moving in a suspicious manner. So, the informant along with staff immediately went to her, detained her and on search, 161 grams of brown sugar was recovered from the petitioner. Hence, the case. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner specifically submits that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedents. The petitioner is a girl of 20 years age and she has been in custody since 14.10.2025. 5. Regard being had to the nature of allegation against the petitioner, the quantity of contraband brown sugar seized from her and the period of her custody since 14.10.2025, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Page 3 of 3 Subhasis 6. Hence, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail by the learned Court in seisin over the matter in the aforesaid case on such terms and conditions as it would deem just and proper, subject to the following additional conditions. (i) She shall not leave the jurisdiction of the trial Court till the disposal of the trial; (ii) She shall appear before the trial Court on each date on which the case is posted for trial without fail; (iii) She shall not tamper with the evidence in any manner whatsoever; (iv) She shall not commit any offence while on bail, and (v) She shall be released on bail subject to verification of similar type of criminal antecedents. Violation of any of the bail conditions imposed by this Court or the trial Court even on a single occasion, the prosecution is at liberty to move appropriate application before the Court below for cancellation of the concession of bail granted by this Court. If such application is filed, the trial Court should decide the application on its own merit. 7. The BLAPL is accordingly disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Designation: Personal Assistant Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack. Date: 16-May-2026 19:32:29