The High Court of Orissa dealt with an application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. involving an NDPS offence. The court directed the petitioner to surrender and seek bail before the Special Judge within four weeks, instructing that court to apply specific Supreme Court precedents and dispose of the bail on merit.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No.7954 of 2024
Purastam Digal @ Purusottam Digal
..... Petitioner
Represented By Adv. - Suryakanta Dwibedi
-versus-
State Of Odisha
..... Opposite Parties
Represented By Adv. – Mr. D. Nayak, AGA
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA
ORDER
08.08.2024
Order No.
Page 1 of 2.
with law. Further, while considering the bail application of the Petitioner, learned Court in seisin over the matter shall apply the principles of parity and the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Tofan Singh vs. State of Tamil Nadu reported in (2021) 4 SCC 1 and order dated 10.01.2022 in the matter of State by (NCB) Bengaluru Vs. Pallulabid Ahmad Arimuta and another (Special Leave to Appeal (Criminal) No.242 of 2022). The case diary be made available to the concerned court to facilitate disposal of the bail application of the Petitioner.
( A.K. Mohapatra ) Judge
S.K. Rout
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed Signed by: SANTANU KUMAR ROUT Reason: Authentication Location: High Court of Orissa, C utta ck Date: 11-Aug-2024 14:32:49 Page 2 of 2.
1 issue framed by the court
Whether to grant anticipatory bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for an NDPS offence.
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Tofan Singh vs. State of Tamil NaduRelied on¶20
(2021) 4 SCC 1 · Who else cites this
State by (NCB) Bengaluru Vs. Pallulabid Ahmad Arimuta and anotherRelied on¶20
Special Leave to Appeal (Criminal) No.242 of 2022
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Purastam Digal
State Of Odisha
Aditya Kumar Mohapatra
As recorded by the court registry
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