IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.2696 of 2026 Bijaya Kumar Shrichandan and others …. Petitioner(s) Mr. Mihir Kanta Rath, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party(s) Mr. Jateswar Naik, 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 Kanas P.S. Case No.02 of 2025 corresponding to G.R. Case No.2 of 2025 registered on the allegation of the commission of offences under Sections 115(2)/190/191(2)/191(3)/296/351(2) of B.N.S., 2023 read with Section 3 of PDPP Act pending in the Court of the learned J.M.F.C., Kanas. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners, on instruction from the petitioners, submits that, except the present bail application, no other bail application of the petitioners are pending in any other Court relating to the aforesaid F.I.R. 4. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 02.01.2025 at about 7:00 P.M., the petitioners, along with other co-accused, came in front of the informant’s house, abused the informant by taking the name of her husband, and extended threats to kill. When the husband of the informant came out of the house, it is alleged that the accused persons assaulted him with a lathi, as a result of which he fell down. 5. Initially the F.I.R. was registered for commission of the bailable offences. Although, the petitioners approached this Court by filing ABLAPL No.351 of 2025, but the same was disposed of on 13.01.2025 as only bailable offences are alleged against them. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner submit that he got information that during course of investigation, an offence under Section 118(2) of B.N.S., 2023 has been added. He further submits that pertaining to the same incident, there is a cross F.I.R. registered by the petitioners against the complainant and his associates. It is also contended that the petitioner No.1 is a government employee working as Data Entry Operator and the petitioner No.2 is working as Security Guard under a private company. 7. Regard being had to the aforementioned, I am inclined to grant the petitioners on anticipatory bail. Accordingly, it is directed that in the event the petitioners are arrested, they shall be released by the Arresting Officer subject to the verification of the criminal antecedents. 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. Violation of any of the conditions shall entail cancellation of bail. 8. With this observation, the ABLAPL is disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Swarna