p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.3901 of 2026 Ratan Tripathy …. Petitioner Mr. P.K. Bhuyan, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. P.K. Ray, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 20.05.2026 02. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The Petitioner is an accused in connection with S.T. No.10/602 of 2025 pending on the file of learned 1st Addl. Sessions Judge, Puri, arising out of Pipili P.S. Case No.119 of 2025 for commission of offence alleged under Sections 103(1)/3(5) of BNS. 3. Learned counsel, on instruction, submits that except the present BLAPL, no other bail application of the Petitioner relating to the aforementioned P.S. case is pending in any other Court. 4. Being aggrieved by the rejection of his application for bail U/s.483 of the BNSS by the learned 1st A.S.J., Puri by order dated 08.04.2026 in the aforementioned case, the present BLAPL has been filed. p. 2 5. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that he is in custody from 06.03.2025 on the allegation of assaulting one Subasish Nayak, an inmate of the Disha Foundation engaged for detoxification, to death along with co-accused persons and it is further stated that in the meanwhile charge sheet has already been filed on 31.05.2025. Hence, he may be released on bail. 7. It is further submitted by the learned counsel that the co-accused persons have since been released on bail by order dated 17.07.2025 by this Court in BLAPL Nos.6679,3876,5162 and 5164 of 2025 and by order dated 30.07.2025 by this Court in BLAPL Nos.7310 and 7429 of 2025. Hence, on the ground of parity, the Petitioner seeks release. In this context he also relies on 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. 8. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail. 9. Considering the nature of allegations, the background in which the offence has been committed and release of the co-accused, this Court directs the Petitioner shall be released on bail on such terms to be fixed by the learned Court in seisin. p. 3 10. Accordingly, the BLAPL stands disposed of. U.C.C as per rules. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Soumya