IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.2118 of 2026 Pramod Kumar Pandit …. Petitioner(s) Mr. Niranjan Maharana, Adv. -versus- Union of India (ED) …. Opposite Party(s) CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI Order No. 01. ORDER 21.04.2026 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid arrangement. 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 3. The Petitioner, apprehending his arrest in connection with NBW order dated 11.12.2025 in CMC (PMLA) No.84 of 2020 passed by the learned Special Judge (CBI-I), Bhubaneswar under Section 70(4)(3) of the PMLA Act, has filed this petition under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 for release on pre-arrest bail. 4. Perused the F.I.R. annexed to the anticipatory bail application. 5. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the Petitioner, being the Director of M/s. Mahavir Dairy & Agro Processors Ltd., is an accused in CMC (PMLA) No. 84 of 2020 arising out of a Digitally Signed Signed by: SIPUN BEHERA Designation: Senior Stenographer Reason: Authentication Location: HIGH COURT OF ORISSA, CUTTACK Date: 23-Apr-2026 11:28:36 Signature Not Verified complaint filed under Sections 45 and 44 of the PMLA Act, 2000 before the learned Special Court. 6. Learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner had been regularly appearing before the learned trial Court and had furnished PR bond undertaking to appear on each date. However, due to illness, he failed to appear on 11.12.2025, for which the learned trial Court issued NBW against him. 7. Considering the submissions made, the materials available on record and keeping in view the fact that the Petitioner had been regularly appearing before the Court below and his absence on the relevant date is stated to be due to illness, this Court is inclined to dispose of the ABLAPL with the following direction. 8. In the event the Petitioner surrenders before the learned Court in seisin over the matter, i.e., the Court of learned Special Judge (CBI-I)-cum-Special Court (PMLA), Bhubaneswar in CMC (PMLA) No.84 of 2020 within a period of fifteen days hence, the said Court shall do well to release him on bail on such terms and conditions as deemed just and proper. 9. It is further directed that the grant of bail shall be subject to the following conditions: i. The Petitioner shall furnish bail bonds with solvent sureties to the satisfaction of the learned Court below; ii. He shall appear before the Court on each date fixed without fail; iii. He shall not seek unnecessary adjournments; iv. He shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence nor influence any witness; v. He shall cooperate with the trial in all respects; vi. He shall not leave India without prior permission of the Court; 10. Violation of any of the above conditions shall entail cancellation of bail. 11. The ABLAPL is accordingly disposed of. 12. Urgent certified copy of this order be granted on proper application. (Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi) Judge Sipun