Manoranjan Mohapatra @ Manaranjan v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory / pre-arrest bail; ABLAPL No.1112 of 2025; Manoranjan Mohapatra @ Manaranjan v. State of Odisha; Section 47(a) Bihar and Odisha Excise Act; 2(a)CC Case No.448 of 2016; P.R No.122 of 2016-17; J.M.F.C (City) Balasore; conditional release on bail upon surrender within three weeks; verification of more than two criminal antecedents of similar nature; Justice V. Narasingh; order dated 11.02.2025; Orissa High Court, Cuttack.
What did the court decide?
Conditional pre-arrest relief: Petitioner to surrender within three weeks and move for bail, whereupon he shall be released on bail by the learned Court in seisin on such terms as deemed just and proper, subject to verification that he does not have more than two criminal antecedents of similar nature; the order is inoperative if such antecedents are found. ¶21