p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No. 7077 of 2026 Amardeep Agrawal@ Agarwalla …. Petitioner Mr. S. Mohanty, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. U.C. Jena, ASC ABLAPL No. 8004 of 2026 Kishan Lal Agrawal @ Kishan Kumar Agrawal …. Petitioners Mr. S. Das, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. U.C. Jena, ASC ABLAPL No. 8264 of 2026 Uttam Agrawal …. Petitioner Mr. S. Mohanty, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. U.C. Jena, ASC p. 2 ABLAPL No. 8323 of 2026 Dilip Naik …. Petitioner Mr. S. Mohanty, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. U.C. Jena, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 23.07.2026 02. 1. Since all the ABLAPLs relate to the same FIR, on the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, they are taken up together and are disposed of by this common order. 2. Learned counsel Mr. S. Mohanty and associates have entered appearance on behalf of the Petitioner in ABLAPL No.7077 of 2026 by filing Vakalatanama on consent from the counsel on record. The same is taken on record. 3. Name of learned counsel Mr. Mohanty be reflected in the file, cause list as well as web portal of this Court. 4. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 5. The Petitioners are seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with C.T Case No.860 of 2026 pending on p. 3 the file of learned S.D.J.M., Bargarh, arising out of Bargarh P.S Case No.307 of 2026 for commission of offences punishable under Sections 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, Section 39 of the Orissa Irrigation Act, 1959 and Section 329(3)/326(a) of the BNS. 6. The substance of allegation of the prosecution is unauthorised construction of box conduit over the Bargarh Distributary. 7. It is the submission of the learned counsel for the Petitioner that even if the entire allegations are taken at its face value, they are based on documentary evidence. Hence, no custodial interrogation of the Petitioners is necessary. 8. Such submission is opposed by the learned counsel for the State. 9. It is also brought to the notice of this Court that the Petitioner in ABLAPL No.7077 of 2026 (Amardeep Agrawal @ Agarwalla) has criminal proclivity in as much as having been cited as an accused in Bheden P.S. Case No.180 of 2017 U/s.337/338 IPC read with Section 3 of PDPP Act. 10. It is trite that antecedents though has a bearing on consideration of a pre-arrest bail that cannot over shadow the prosecution case in a matter which is subject matter of consideration. p. 4 11. Considering the nature of allegation and the progress in investigation, this Court directs that on surrendering within three weeks hence and moving for bail, the Petitioners shall be released on bail by the learned Court in seisin on such terms as deemed just and proper. 12. It is needless to state that the Petitioner shall cooperate with the ongoing investigation. 13. Accordingly, the ABLAPLs stands disposed of. 14. U.C.C. as per rules. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Santoshi