IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No. 2740 of 2026 Ranjit Kumbhar …. Petitioner Mr. B. Barik, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. C.R. Swain, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 29.04.2026 01. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is an accused in connection with G.R. Case No.2130 of 2025 pending on the file of the learned S.D.J.M., Balangir, arising out of Balangir Town P.S. Case No.774 of 2025 for commission of the alleged offence under Sections 310(2) of BNS read with Section 25/27 of Arms Act. 3. Learned counsel, on instruction, submits that except the present BLAPL, no other bail application of the Petitioner relating to the aforementioned P.S. Case is pending in any other Court. 4. Being aggrieved by the rejection of his application for bail U/s.483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) by the learned Sessions Judge, Balangir I/c by order dated 20.01.2026 in the aforementioned case, the present BLAPL has been filed. 5. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that on 10.12.2025 at 1.40 AM, Informant presented a written report to the effect that while he along with his friend were returning home from Durga Mandap on a bike, at that time five to six persons followed him in a car. Thereafter, Informant dropped his friend in front of his house and at that time five to six persons came out of the car and caught hold of him and demanded money and looted a bag containing Rs.6420/- and his Aadhar card. When he protested, they showed him knife, bhujali, pistol and assaulted him. All the accused persons along with Petitioner also threatened to kill him. Basing on such report, the aforementioned PS Case was registered. 6. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the Petitioner is in custody since 11.12.2025 and charge sheet has been filed on 08.03.2026 and since the co- accused Subham Kumbhar in BLAPL No.867 of 2026 and Dayanidhi @ Raja Nanda in BLAPL No.1441 of 2026 has been released on bail by order dated 12.03.2026, the Petitioner may be released on bail inter alia on the ground of parity. 7. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail inter alia on the ground that the Petitioner has two criminal antecedents i.e. i) Town P.S. Case No.209, dated 20.03.2025 under Sections 126(2)/115(2)/296/303(2) of BNS ii) Town P.S. Case No.260 dated 10.04.2025 under Section 296/ 118(1)/ 351(2)/ 3(5) of BNS. 8. It is also further submitted that the Petitioner has been identified in T.I. parade. 9. Considering the nature of allegations and identification in T.I. parade and the criminal antecedent of the Petitioner as noted and ex-facie the Petitioner is not similarly placed with the co-accused, who was released on bail, this Court is not inclined to entertain the bail application of the Petitioner at this stage. 10. Liberty is granted to the Petitioner to renew his prayer before the learned Court in seisin at a later stage. 11. Accordingly, the BLAPL stands disposed of. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Ayesha