Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court (Chittaranjan Dash, J.), ABLAPL No.306 of 2024, order dated 01.03.2024: anticipatory bail under S.438 Cr.P.C. rejected for Tima @ Susanta Sahoo in Bharatpur P.S. Case No.379 of 2023 (offences U/Ss.307/324/341/34 IPC read with Ss.25 & 27 Arms Act); petitioner named in F.I.R. with criminal antecedents for alleged sword attack on informant with intent to kill; ABLAPL dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Having regard to the facts and circumstances, nature of the allegation, seriousness and gravity of the offence, and the criminal antecedents of the accused who have been terrorizing inhabitants for extortion and caused injury to the informant-injured using sword and other dangerous weapons, the Petitioner is not entitled to the relief of pre-arrest bail. ¶20