p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.8260 of 2026 Byomakesh Senapati …. Petitioner Mr. A. Mohanty, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. S.K Lenka, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 24.07.2026 01. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The Petitioner is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with C.T. Case No.288 of 2026 pending on the file of learned S.D.J.M., Bhubaneswar, arising out of Mancheswar P.S. Case No.26 of 2019 for commission of offences punishable under Sections 34, 420, 468 and 471 of IPC. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that even if entire prosecution allegations are accepted at its face value, the Petitioner’s complicity is limited to introducing the informant with the principal accused Managing Director of M/s Secure Life Infra India p. 2 Pvt. Ltd. for the purpose of providing land. Hence, the Petitioner has no further complicity as such. 4. Learned counsel for the Informant submits that in the beginning the Petitioner posed himself as an authorized representative of M/s Secure Life Infra India Pvt. Ltd, and since he had mens rea to cheat from inception the boogey of commercial transaction converted into a criminal act ought not to be entertained. 5. Learned counsel for the State as well as the Informant oppose the prayer for pre-arrest bail. 6. Taking into account the nature of allegations, it is directed that on surrendering within three weeks hence and moving for bail, the Petitioner shall be released on bail by the learned Court in seisin on such terms as deemed just and proper subject to verification of criminal antecedent. 7. If it comes to fore that the Petitioner has any criminal antecedent, this order shall not be given effect to. 8. It is further stated that the Petitioner shall cooperate with the ongoing investigation. 9. Accordingly, the ABLAPL stands disposed of. U.C.C. as per rules. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Soumya