p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.21 of 2026 Susant @ Sushanta Naik …. Petitioner Mr. J. Sahoo, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. S. K. Lenka, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 06.01.2026 01. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The Petitioner is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with G.R. Case No.504 of 2018 pending in the Court of learned J.M.F.C., Jagannath Prasad, arising out Jagannath Prasad P.S. Case No.124 of 2018 for commission of offences punishable under Sections 147/148/294/323/324/326/307/506/149 IPC. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel that admittedly the present Petitioner was before this Court in ABLAPL No.10107 of 2019 and by order dated 12.08.2021 this Court directed the Petitioner to surrender and release on bail. 4. It is further submitted that due to supervening circumstances the Petitioner could not surrender. p. 2 5. It is the further submission of the learned counsel that in the meanwhile some of the co-accused have been released on bail. Hence, the Petitioner may be protected by pre-arrest bail. 6. Learned counsel for the State opposes such prayer. 7. Taking into account the nature of allegations, injury suffered by the injured being grievous and the antecedents of the Petitioner, this Court is not inclined to entertain the prayer for pre-arrest bail. However, ABLAPL is disposed of with the observation that the Petitioner may surrender before the learned J.M.F.C., Jagannath Prasad in connection with the aforementioned case within one month from today. 8. In the event of his surrender and motion for bail, the application for bail shall be considered by the learned J.M.F.C., Jagannath Prasad on merits in accordance with law in the first hour of the day. In the event of rejection of the prayer for bail by the learned J.M.F.C., Jagannath Prasad, the Petitioner is at liberty to move the higher forum for bail in the second hour on the same day. 9. On being so moved, the higher forum is requested to make an endeavour to dispose of the bail application of the Petitioner on the same day on merit in accordance with law. The case diary shall be made available to the concerned courts to facilitate disposal of the bail application of the Petitioner and learned J.M.F.C., Jagannath Prasad is called upon to transmit the case p. 3 record to the higher forum in the second hour expeditiously in the event of rejection of such bail application. 10. Ground of parity, if any, may be considered by the learned court below. 11. Accordingly, the ABLAPL stands disposed of. (V. Narasingh) PKS Judge