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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
ABLAPL No.4201 of 2026
1. Subrat Baral
2. Pratima Baral …. Petitioner(s)
Mr. Madan Sundar Behera, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party(s) Mr. Debaraj Mohanty, AGA
CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA
Order No.
ORDER 01.05.2026
01.
1. Heard.
2. The petitioners are seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Choudwar P.S. Case No.160 of 2026 corresponding to G.R. Case No.318 of 2026 registered for alleged commission of offences punishable under Sections 115(2)/3(5)/351(3)/85 of the BNS, 2023 r/w Section 4 of the D.P. Act, pending in the Court of the learned J.M.F.C. (I), 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.
4. The allegation against the petitioners is that on 13.03.2026 at about 1 P.M., the complainant lodged a written report at the P.S. alleging that she got married with the petitioner on 07.03.2021. After few days of her marriage, her husband and in-law members started torturing her both physically and mentally demanding more dowry. They also abused her in obscene language. Hence, the case.
5.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that Section 35(3) of the Cr. P.C. has been complied in this case. Therefore, the petitioners do not want to press this anticipatory bail application.
6. In view of the aforementioned, the ABLAPL is
disposed of as not pressed.
(S.S. Mishra)
Judge
Subhasis Designation: Personal Assistant Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack.