Chanchala Nayak v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Petitioners seeking pre-arrest bail in pending offences under IPC and D.P. Act withdrew the petition, requesting the Court to direct the lower forum to dispose of their surrender-based bail application within the first hour. The Court granted this direction as part of the pre-arrest bail order.
What did the court decide?
Directed the lower court to dispose of the bail application in the first hour of surrender; granted direction to higher forum to consider it in the second hour if rejected.