Jagabandhu Samantaray v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
ABLAPL No.1215 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, single Judge (V. Narasingh), order dated 10.04.2025. Pre-arrest bail / anticipatory bail sought by Jagabandhu Samantaray, Laxmipriya Samantaray and Manoj Kumar Samantaray in G.R. (GN) Case No.19 of 2025 (Chandanpur P.S. Case No.007 of 2025) before Nayadhikari Gramya Nyayalaya, Puri, for offences under Sections 126(2)/296/115(2)/74/351(2)/3(5) of BNS. Conditional bail direction for Petitioner Nos.1 and 2 (aged 65 and 51) upon surrender within three weeks; pre-arrest bail rejected for Petitioner No.3 with liberty to apply on surrender; direction to trial court to verify challenge before Apex Court; application disposed of. Counsel: S. Samal for Petitioners; S.P. Das, ASC for State of Odisha.
What did the court decide?
Conditional protection for Petitioner Nos.1 and 2 (Jagabandhu Samantaray and Laxmipriya Samantaray): on surrender within three weeks and motion for bail, they are to be released on bail by the learned Court in seisin on such terms as deemed just and proper. Pre-arrest bail of Petitioner No.3 (Manoj Kumar Samantaray) rejected, with liberty to apply for bail on surrender, to be considered on its own merit. Trial court directed to verify any challenge to this order before the Apex Court before releasing.