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Ananta Dehury @ Mahar v. State of Odisha

Orissa HC20 Nov 2024BLAPL/5050/2024

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What is this about?

BLAPL No.5050 of 2024; Ananta Dehury @ Mahar; State of Odisha; bail application refused; Section 302 IPC, 1860 murder trial; Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Athmallik; C.T(S) Case No.17 of 2023; trial to be concluded within 2 months; 13 witnesses examined including eye-witness P.W.1 implicating petitioner; liberty to seek bail again if trial not concluded; Judge Ananda Chandra Behera; decision dated 20.11.2024; bail disposed of finally.

What did the court decide?

Because the material witnesses of the case, including the direct eye-witness, had already been examined, this Court considered it proper not to release the petitioner on bail at the present trial stage, choosing instead to direct the Trial Court to conclude the trial within 2 months while positively rejecting the prayer for bail. ¶18

Ananta Dehury @ Mahar Vs State of Odisha — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Orissa HC (2024)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Disposed

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, facing trial under Section 302 IPC, 1860 for the alleged murder of his wife with 13 witnesses (including the direct eye-witness P.W.1) already examined, should be granted bail at the present stage of the trial, or whether the trial should instead be concluded within a stipulated period with the bail prayer rejected.

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Court's answer

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Ratio / Principle

The Trial Court was directed to conclude the trial of C.T(S) Case No.17 of 2023 within a period of 2 months from the date of receipt of this Order; failing which, the petitioner would be at liberty to approach again for bail.

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Key takeaways

The prayer for bail of the petitioner was refused, and the bail application was disposed of finally.ratio¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bail refused with expedited-trial directive — High Court of Orissa at Cuttack (Hon'ble Ananda Chandra Behera, Judge), deciding BLAPL No.5050 of 2024 on 20.11.2024: petitioner Ananta Dehury @ Mahar, facing trial before the learned Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Athmallik under Section 302 of the IPC, 1860 on the allegation of murdering his wife by axe assault in his in-law's house, sought bail. Since 13 witnesses — including the direct eye-witness P.W.1, whose deposition implicated the petitioner in the murder — had already been examined, the Court judged it improper to grant bail at that stage, refused the prayer, and instead ordered the Trial Court to conclude the trial of C.T(S) Case No.17 of 2023 within 2 months from receipt of the Order; failing which the petitioner may apply afresh for bail. Application disposed of finally.

Ananta Dehury @ Mahar v. State of Odisha

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