p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.2706 of 2026 1. Brijesh Kumar Balabantray 2. Snehalata Singh 3. Binita Swain …. Petitioner(s) Mr. Biswaranjan Dalai, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party(s) Mr. P.S. Nayak, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 22.04.2026 01. 1. Heard. 2. The petitioners are seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Berhampur Mahila P.S. Case No.06 of 2026 corresponding to G.R. Case No.217 of 2026 registered for alleged commission of the offences punishable under Sections 109, 115(2), 3(5), 351(2), 74, 79, 85 of the BNS, 2023 & 4 of the D.P. Act, pending in the Court of the learned S.D.J.M., Berhampur. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners, on instruction from the petitioners, submits that except the present bail application, no other bail application of the p. 2 petitioners is pending in any other Court relating to the aforesaid F.I.R. 4. The allegation against the petitioners is that on 22.01.2026 the complainant alleged that she married to Brijesh Balabantray as per Hindu customs and rituals. After marriage, the complainant stayed at Balitutha where her husband and other in-laws members started torturing her both physically and mentally demanding more dowry. Hence, the F.I.R. 5. At the instance of the wife of the petitioner No.1 the FIR has been registered. The petitioner Nos.2 and 3 are the mother-in-law and sister-in-law of the complainant. Although Section 109 BNS has been invoked in the present case, but the narrative in the FIR reveals that the complainant was not assaulted by using any deadly weapon and only the allegation is giving slaps by the petitioner No.1. 6. Regard being had to the nature of allegations against the petitioners and the fact that the dispute in the present case is arising out of a matrimonial discord, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioners on p. 3 anticipatory bail. Accordingly, it is directed that, in the event, the petitioners are arrested, they shall be released by the Arresting Officer, subject to verification of the criminal antecedents of similar nature. The release of the petitioners shall also be subject to the conditions that they shall cooperate with the investigation and shall appear before the I.O. as and when their presence is required for the purpose of investigation, they shall not indulge in similar criminal offences while on bail; they shall 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. 7. With this observation, the ABLAPL is disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Subhasis/Suchitra