IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No. 3883 of 2026 Ashok Kumar Mohanta …. Petitioner Mr. K. Mohanty, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. M.R. Mohanty, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 06.05.2026 01. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The Petitioner is an accused in connection with C.T. Case No.262 of 2026 pending on the file of learned SDJM, Rairangpur, arising out of Rairangpur Town P.S. Case No.62 of 2026, for commission of alleged offences under Sections 420/ 405 of IPC. 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 BNSS by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Rairangpur, by order dated 15.04.2026 in the aforementioned case, the present BLAPL has been filed. 5. Taking into account the nature of allegations and that the Petitioner has criminal antecedents for commission of similar offences, this Court is not inclined to entertain this Bail Application of the Petitioner during the currency of investigation. 6. The Petitioner is at liberty to move the learned Court in seisin after filing of charge sheet. If such an application is moved, same shall be considered on its own merits without being influenced by the earlier rejection or the order passed by this Court. 7. Accordingly, the BLAPL stands disposed of. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Jina/Mili