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Anticipatory bail application (ABLAPL No.568 of 2025) allowed by the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack (Coram: Justice V. Narasingh) on 15.07.2025. Petitioner Biswanath Behera, not a named accused in Baripada Town P.S. Case No.754 of 2024, sought pre-arrest bail in connection with C.T. No.1348 of 2024 pending before the learned SDJM, Baripada, for offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 115(2), 336(3), 351(2), 296(3)(5) of the BNS, 2023, pleading a reasonable apprehension of custody as he had been called repeatedly to the police station. Considering the nature of the allegations and the release of the named accused by an order of the even date, the Court directed that upon arrest the petitioner be released on bail by the Arresting Officer on terms deemed just and proper, with a condition to cooperate with the investigation; violation of any condition entails cancellation. Counsel: Mr. A. Mohanty for the Petitioner; Mr. S.K Lenka, ASC for the State. Keywords: pre-arrest bail, anticipatory bail, non-named accused, apprehension of arrest, BNS 2023, SDJM Baripada, Odisha.