Jaga @ Jagannath Behera v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court of Orissa, Cuttack, disposed of a bail application filed by an accused in a criminal trial for offences under Sections 394/427 IPC. The Court released the petitioner on bail after noting the release of a co-accused with greater complicity and accepting the petitioner's lack of criminal proclivity, directing subsequent verification of antecedents.
What did the court decide?
The petitioner was directed to be released on bail on terms to be fixed by the Court in seisin, subject to verification of criminal antecedents.