The High Court granted bail to two petitioners in a robbery and arms act case, noting their implication based on co-accused statements and pre-trial detention. Bail was granted with conditions, citing the principle that bail is the rule and jail is the exception.
Bail granted to petitioners with bail bonds of Rs.50,000 each and two solvent sureties.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No. 8680 of 2024
Sanjit Beck and Others
Petitioners
Mr. S.R. Das, Advocate
-versus-
State of Odisha
… Opposite Party
Mr. B.P. Nayak, APP
CORAM: JUSTICE G. SATAPATHY
ORDER(ORAL)
Order No.
04.
19.12.2024
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snatching away Rs.2,00,000/- from the possession of the informant.
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Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) each with two solvent sureties for the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Court in seisin of the case, on such terms and conditions as deem fit and proper by it with following conditions:-
(i) the petitioners shall not commit any offence while on bail,
(ii) the petitioners in the course of trial shall attend the trial Court on each date of posting without fail unless their attendance is dispensed with. In case the Petitioners fail without sufficient cause to appear in the Court in accordance with the terms of the bail, the learned trial Court may proceed against the Petitioners for offence U/S.229-A of IPC in accordance with law &
(iii) the petitioners shall report attendance before the jurisdictional Police Station once in a fortnight preferably on 2nd Sunday of each month in between 10 A.M. to 12 Noon for six (06) months from the actual date of their release from the custody.
The I.I.C. of Jurisdictional Police Station shall not detain the petitioners unnecessarily after recording their attendance beyond the time as stipulated.
It is clarified that the Court in seisin of the case will be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioners without further reference to this Court, if any of the above conditions are violated or a case for cancellation of bail is otherwise made out. In the wake of aforesaid, the subsequent involvement of the petitioners in future for any grave/similar offence on
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prima facie accusations may be treated as a ground
for cancellation of bail in this case.
(G. Satapathy) Judge
S. Sasmal
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed Signed by: SUBHASMITA SASMAL Designation: Jr.Stenographer Reason: Authentication Location: High Court of Orissa Date: 20-Dec-2024 11:04:17
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioners are entitled to bail under Section 483 BNSS given the nature of allegations and pre-trial detention?
4 provisions across 3 enactments
Sanjit Beck
Samuel Ekka
State of Odisha
G. Satapathy
S. Sasmal
As recorded by the court registry
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