p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.2998 of 2026 Bapi Naik @ Abhiman Nayak …. Petitioner(s) Mr. Arijeet Mishra, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party(s) Mr. P.S. Nayak, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 23.04.2026 01. 1. Heard. 2. Mr. Deepak Mulia, learned counsel enters appearance on behalf of the victim by filing a Vakalatnama in Court today. The said Vakalatnama is taken on record. 3. The petitioner is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Baideswar P.S. Case No.231 of 2025 corresponding to Spl. G.R. Case No.208 of 2025 registered for alleged commission of the offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 351(2) of the BNS, 2023 and Section 10 of the POCSO Act, pending in the Court of the learned Additional District & p. 2 Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge under (POCSO) Act, Cuttack. 4. 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. 5. The allegation against the petitioner is that on 24.11.2025, the complainant reported before the IIC alleging that the Petitioner had taken her minor son Krishna, aged about 5 years, near a pond located at the end of the village with the malicious intention. He lured her child by giving him some chocolate and after taking him there, the accused Bapi Naik kicked and punched her son, then grabbed his neck and attempted to strangulate him and also forcefully pressed his private parts, causing severe pain. Hence, the F.I.R. 6. Learned counsel for the informant submits that the matter has been amicably settled between the parties. p. 3 7. Regard being had to the aforesaid submission and the fact that the matter has been amicably settled between the parties, I am inclined to grant the petitioner anticipatory bail. Accordingly, it is directed that, in the event, the petitioner is arrested, he will be released by the Arresting Officer, subject to the verification of the criminal antecedents of similar nature. The release of the petitioner shall also be subject to the conditions that he will cooperate with the investigation and will appear before the I.O. as and when his presence is required for the purpose of investigation; he will not indulge in similar criminal offences while on bail; he will appear before the trial Court on each and every date of posting of the case, if not presented by sufficient cause. Violation of any of the conditions shall entail cancellation of bail. 8. The ABLAPL is, accordingly, disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Subhasis/Suchitra Designation: Personal Assistant Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack.