p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.2324 of 2026 Debashish Sahu and others …. Petitioner(s) Mr. S.K. Jena, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha and another …. Opp. Party(s) Mr. S. Panigrahi, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 21.04.2026 01. 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that at the instance of the petitioner no.1 Chauliaganj P.S. Case No.41 of 2026 has been registered against his wife for the offence punishable under Sections 296(b)/351(2)/351(3)/308(3)/3(5) of BNS, 2023. The petitioner no.1 is the husband of the complainant and other petitioners are in-laws of the complainant. It is submitted that as a counterblast to the said FIR, the wife of petitioner no.1, who is the complainant in the matrimonial dispute might have filed an FIR which although has not yet been registered, however all of them apprehends arrest in case the wife of petitioner no 1 initiate any case. Hence they approached this p. 2 Court. 2. Learned State Counsel opposed the prayer for bail. 3. Regard being had to the nature of allegation, since this being a matrimonial dispute and prior FIR has already been registered by the present petitioners against the wife of petitioner No.1, the alleged complainant in the complaint which is not at registered as FIR this Court accordingly direct that in the event of any contemplated coercive action likely to be taken against the Petitioners, they shall be served with a written notice of at least one month . 4. The ABLAPL is accordingly disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Ashok MOHAPATRA