IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.1760 of 2026 Lakshya Ranjan Moharana @ Lakhya …. Petitioner Mr. S. C. Mohapatra, Sr. Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. M. R. Mohanty, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 21.04.2026 01. 1. Heard learned Senior Counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The Petitioner is an accused in connection with S.T. Case No.91 of 2026 pending on the file of learned 2nd Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Cuttack, arising out of Cantonment P.S. Case No.218 of 2024 for commission of offence alleged under Sections 126(2)/ 296/ 115(2)/ 109(1)/ 303(2)/ 324(4)/ 351(2)/ 3(5) of BNS, 2023. 3. Memo indicating the name of the Court and ST Number filed by the learned Senior Counsel is taken on record. 4. Learned counsel, on instruction, submits that except the present BLAPL, no other bail application of the Petitioner relating to the aforementioned P.S. Case is pending in any other Court. 5. Being aggrieved by the rejection of his application for bail U/s.483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) by the learned District and Sessions Judge, Cuttack by order dated 11.02.2026 in the aforementioned case, the present BLAPL has been filed. 6. It is submitted by the learned Senior Counsel for the Petitioner that the Petitioner is in custody since 02.02.2026 and in the meanwhile the matter has been committed and it is also submitted that the co-accused who is similarly placed has already been released on bail by this Court vide order dated 15.05.2025 in BLAPL No.2401 of 2025. Hence, on the ground of parity, the Petitioner seeks release on pre- arrest bail. 7. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for pre-arrest bail. 8. Considering the nature of the allegations and release of the co-accused and in the light of the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumat Antil vrs. CBI and another, (2022) 10 SCC 51 relating to parity as stated in Paragraph-62 thereof, this Court directs the Petitioner to be released on bail on such terms to be fixed by the learned Court in seisin so as to ensure his presence during the trial. 9. Additionally, it is directed that the Petitioner shall appear before the jurisdictional Police Station once every fort night for the next three months. 10. Accordingly, the BLAPL stands disposed of. 11. Urgent certified copy of this order be granted as per rules. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Jina