IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

ABLAPL No.14817 of 2025

Gouri Prasad Patra ..... Petitioner

Represented by Adv. -

Sidhartha Sankar Ray (2)

-versus-

1) State Of Odisha ..... Opposite Parties

2) Namita Kulesika Represented by Adv. –

S.K. Brahma, ASC

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR

MOHAPATRA

ORDER

30.12.2025 Order No.

01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual

/Physical Mode).

2. Considering the urgency of the matter that the Petitioner apprehends his arrest and that the Courts are not functioning during the winter vacation, the matter is taken up directly without

remanding the matter to the jurisdiction Sessions Court.

3. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as learned

counsel for the State. Perused the records.

4. The present application has been filed under Section 482 B.N.S.S. for releasing the Petitioner on anticipatory bail. In view of the bar under Section 18 & 18-A of the S.C. & S.T. Act, the present

registered involving an offence under the S.C. & S.T. Act.

5. Further, this Court has also elaborately discussed the issue in the case of Pramod Kumar Ray and others-vrs.-State of Odisha, reported in (2017) 67 OCR 309. In the light of the principl