p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.2704 of 2026 1. Hruday Ranjan Mohanty 2. Minaketan Mohanty 3. Jochhnarani Mohanty …. Petitioner(s) Mr. Byomakesh Tripathy, 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 Barang P.S. Case No.0045 of 2026 corresponding to G.R. Case No.125 of 2026 registered for alleged commission of the offences punishable under Sections 296, 115(2), 351(2), 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 & 4 of the D.P. Act, pending in the Court of the learned J.M.F.C., Cuttack. 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 is pending in any other Court relating to the aforesaid F.I.R. p. 2 4. The allegation against the petitioners is that on 23.01.2026 the informant presented a written report at Barang P.S. alleging that she married to Hrudaya Ranjan Swain on 04.03.2018. At the time of marriage the family members of the informant had given all the dowry articles demanded by the petitioners but after few days of their marriage the in-laws of the informant abused her in obscene languages, assaulted her and threatened to take her life. Hence, the F.I.R. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that at the instance of wife of the petitioner No.1, the FIR has been registered. He further submits that during pendency of the present ABLAPL petition, the petitioner No.1 has expired. The Petitioner Nos.2 and 3 are the mother-in-law and father-in-law of the complainant. In the present case the dispute is essentially arising out of a matrimonial discord. 6. Regard being had to the nature of allegations against the petitioners, the fact that the dispute is essentially arising out of the matrimonial discord, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioners on anticipatory bail. p. 3 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 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. The ABLAPL is, accordingly, disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Subhasis/Suchitra