Ashish Kumar Dutta v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory/pre-arrest bail; conditional grant on surrender within three weeks; offences under Ss. 296, 126(2), 115(2), 74, 76, 79, 351(2), 3(5) BNS; Jaleswar P.S. Case No.14 of 2025; C.T. Case No.15 of 2025, J.M.F.C. Jaleswar; verification of criminal antecedents; Apex Court challenge verification clause; duty to cooperate with investigation; Orissa High Court, single judge (V. Narasingh, J.), ABLAPL No. 1390 of 2025, order dated 25.03.2025.
What did the court decide?
Conditional pre-arrest bail: on surrendering within three weeks and moving for bail, the Petitioners to be released on bail by the learned Court in seisin on such terms as deemed just and proper, subject to verification of criminal antecedents of similar nature and confirmation that the order has not been assailed before the Apex Court. ¶24