Mansingh Gond v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Section 438 Cr.P.C.; Sections 294, 417, 493, 506 IPC; consensual relationship of eight years; marriage not materialised; implicated at instance of informant; Jharigaon P.S.Case No.64 of 2024; G.R.Case No.62 of 2024; learned J.M.F.C., Jharigaon; bail declined on gravity of allegations; surrender within three weeks; release on bail by Magistrate; conditions — cooperate with investigation, appear before I.O. and trial court each date, no threatening/harassing of informant or family; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra; dated 05.08.2024.
What did the court decide?
No immediate anticipatory bail granted; instead, a conditional direction was given that on surrender and movement for bail before the learned J.M.F.C., Jharigaon in G.R.Case No.62 of 2024 arising out of Jharigaon P.S.Case No.64 of 2024 within three weeks, the Petitioner shall be released on bail on terms and conditions fixed by the learned Magistrate, including cooperation with the investigation, appearances before the I.O. and trial court, and abstention from harassing the informant and his family.