IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.3005 of 2026 Bipul Bagh …. Petitioner(s) Mr. Rajib Lochan Pattnaik, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party(s) Mr. Sobhan Panigrahi, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 23.04.2026 01. 1. Heard. 2. The petitioner is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Tentulikhunti P.S. Case No.0109 of 2020 corresponding to G.R. Case No.681 of 2020 (A) for the offences under Sections 392/411 of I.P.C. pending in the Court of the learned S.D.J.M., Nabarangpur. 3. 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. 4. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 01.08.2020, at about 8:30 P.M., while the informant and his friend were sitting on the verandah of his house, six unknown persons arrived at the spot on two motorcycles. The said persons, being armed with a gun and a knife, allegedly criminally intimidated the informant and his friend and forcibly snatched two mobile phones from their possession. After committing the offence of robbery, the accused persons fled from the spot towards the Patraput side. Hence, the present FIR was lodged. 5. The F.I.R. was registered on 02.08.2020 for the offences under Sections 395 of I.P.C. read with Section 25/27 of the Arms Act. After investigation, charge- sheet has been filed in this case on 30.07.2022 showing the petitioner as an absconder. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the co-accused persons have already enlarged on bail. Therefore, he seeks parity. 6. I am not inclined to entertain the anticipatory bail application in view of the fact that the petitioner have been successfully avoiding arrest and not cooperated with the investigation, however, liberty is granted to the petitioner to surrender before the learned trial Court on or before 15th May, 2026 and move application for regular bail. If the petitioner surrenders and move application for bail, it is expected that the learned Courts below shall decide the bail application on the same day. It is open for the petitioner to urge all the points as has been raised in this petition including the ground of parity. 7. With this observation, the ABLAPL is disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Swarna