IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No. 2243 of 2026 1. Nigamananda Jena 2. Binapani Jena 3. Rajesh Jena 4. Swarnaprava Jena 5. Ritesh Kumar Jena …. Petitioners Mr. K. Pattanaik, Advocate -versus- 1. State of Odisha 2. Informant …. Opposite Parties Mr. C.R. Swain, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 21.04.2026 01. 1. At the outset, learned counsel for the Petitioners submits that inadvertently the T.R. case No. has been wrongly mentioned as “T.R. Case No.62 of 2026” instead of “T.R. Case No.34 of 2026”. Memo filed to the said effect incorporating the correct T.R. case No. is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 3. The Petitioners are seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with T.R. Case No.34 of 2026 pending on the file of learned 1st Addl. Sessions Judge-cum-Spl. Court under SC & ST (POA) Act. , Khurda, arising out of Begunia P.S. Case No.61 of 2026 for commission of offences punishable under Sections 296, 303(2), 351(2), 85, 3(5) BNS, read with Section 4 of D.P. Act and Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) of the SC & ST (POA) Act. 4. In the light of the order passed by this Court in the case of Pramod Kumar Ray and others Vrs. State of Odisha, (2017) 67 OCR 309, this ABLAPL is disposed of with the following directions. The Petitioners shall surrender before the learned Court in seisin in the aforesaid case within three weeks from today. Seven days before the surrender of the Petitioners before the said Court, the Petitioners or their counsel shall serve a copy of the bail application or such number of copies of the bail application on the learned Public Prosecutor/Special Public Prosecutor, as required by him, for the purpose of notice to the Victim and/or Informant. 5. Taking into consideration the nature of the offence as alleged against the Petitioners, it is directed that the Petitioners shall be released on interim bail by the learned Court in seisin, on the same day they surrender in the aforesaid case, pending disposal of the bail application on merit, on such terms and conditions as deemed just and proper including the following conditions:- I) The Petitioners shall appear before the I.O. once in a week on the date and time fixed by the said I.O. until further order by the learned Court in seisin; II) The Petitioners shall not threaten, induce or coerce any witnesses of this case or the Victim; and III) The Petitioners shall not involve himself in similar or any other offence during currency of this order. 6. Within two weeks of appearance of the Victim and/or Informant, the matter shall be considered and disposed of on its own merits. 7. The ABLAPL accordingly stands disposed of. U.C.C. as per rules. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Ayesha