p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.3410 of 2026 Muna Naik …. Petitioner Mr. Jagabandhu Sahu, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. Debaraj Mohanty, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 07.05.2026 02. 1. Heard. 2. The petitioner is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Agalpur P.S. Case No.19 of 2024 corresponding to G.R. Case No.45 of 2024 registered for alleged commission of offences punishable under Sections 307 of IPC r/w Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, pending in the Court of the learned J.M.F.C., Loisingha. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instruction from the petitioner, submits that except the present bail application, no other bail application of the petitioner is pending in any other Court relating to the aforesaid F.I.R. p. 2 4. The allegation against the petitioner is that on 16.01.2024 at about 10.45 P.M., the complainant lodged a written report at the P.S. alleging therein that on the same day at about 12.00 P.M., the petitioner along with his two partners were standing near Thakura Kirana shop of their village. At that time, the complainant came to them and without any reason, the petitioner shot him with the gun at his chest, as a result of which the complainant sustained bleeding injury. Then his family members came there and shifted him to the Nagoan-A hospital for treatment. Hence, the case. 5. The F.I.R. has been registered in the present case on 16.01.2024. It appears that the investigation is still going on in the present case. Reading of the statement of the injured reveals that the petitioner, without any reason and due to the past enmity, fired him by an air gun on his chest. Although the injury report reveals that the injuries are simple in nature and the investigation is still going on in the present case and the air gunshot injury is found on the chest of p. 3 the complainant, I am not inclined to entertain the present anticipatory bail application at this stage. However, the petitioner is granted liberty to appear before the trial Court and move for regular bail. If such regular bail application is moved by the petitioner before the trial Court, the same shall be considered by the Courts below and release him subject verification of seriousness of the injury sustained by the informant/ injured on the same day. 6. With the aforementioned observation, the ABLAPL is disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Subhasis Designation: Personal Assistant Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack.