Mithilesh Chaudhury v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Orissa, Cuttack; ABLAPL No.9019 of 2024; decided 30.08.2024 by Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra. Anticipatory/pre-arrest bail under Section 482 BNSS 2023; Section 41-A Cr.P.C. compliance rendered claim infructuous for Petitioner Nos.2-4 (Mukti Krushna Chaudhury, Minati Chaudhury, Maithili Chaudhury); pre-arrest bail refused to Petitioner No.1 Mithilesh Chaudhury in Saheed Nagar P.S. Case No.375 of 2024 / C.T. Case No.945 of 2024 before J.M.F.C.-III, Bhubaneswar for offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 318(4), 351(2), 3(5) BNS 2023; four-week surrender protection with direction to trial court to enlarge on bail. Counsel: Satya Prakash Satapathy for Petitioners; A.P. Das, ASC for State of Odisha.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of as infructuous for Petitioner Nos.2, 3 & 4; pre-arrest bail refused to Petitioner No.1, but with a protective direction that on surrender within four weeks and filing of a bail application, the trial Court shall release him on bail on terms it deems just and proper.