Dismissed

Dillip Kumar Rout v. State of Odisha

Orissa HC23 Sept 2021ABLAPL/2985/2021

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What is this about?

The High Court disposed of a pre-arrest bail application. The court rejected the request for parity-based release and directed the petitioner to surrender to the trial court to file a bail application on its own merits. An interim order previously passed by the same tribunal was vacated.

What did the court decide?

Interim order vacated; ABLAPL dismissed; direction to surrender and move Court in seisin for bail.

Dillip Kumar Rout Vs State of Odisha — Property and Title | Orissa HC (2021)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

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ABLAPL No.2985 of 2021

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Dillip Kumar Rout

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Petitioner

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-versus-

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State of Odisha

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…. Opposite Party

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CORAM: JUSTICE S. PUJAHARI

ORDER

Order No.

23.09.2021

This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

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The Petitioner apprehending his arrest in N.T.P.C. P.S. Case No.79(3) of 2013, corresponding to G.R. Case No.1378 of 2013, pending in the Court of S.D.J.M., Talcher, registered for alleged commission of offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 506 and 120(B) of the I.P.C. read with Sections 4, 5 & 6 of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, has filed this petition for his release on pre-arrest bail.

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Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned counsel for the State.

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It is stated by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that since the co-accused, similarly situated with the present Petitioner in commission of the offence alleged, has already been released on bail, the present Petitioner be allowed to be released on pre-arrest bail on the ground of parity.

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Considering the submission made, it is observed that if the Petitioner surrenders in the aforesaid case before the Court in seisin over the matter and makes a motion for bail, the Court in seisin over the matter shall consider and dispose of the bail application of the Petitioner on its own merit on the same day but addressing the question of parity in proper perspective. The incriminating materials collected against the Petitioner be sent by the I.O. to the Court on the date of surrender, if the date of surrender intimated to him by the Petitioner.

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However, the aforesaid order should not be construed as a protection from arrest till the date of surrender.

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Interim order dated 23^rd March, 2021 passed by this Court stands vacated. 8. The ABLAPL is, accordingly, disposed of. 9. A free copy of this order be handed over to the learned counsel for the State for its communication to the concerned Police Station.

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Urgent certified copy of this order be granted on proper application.

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(S. Pujahari) Judge

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