China Rao @ M. Santosh Rao v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail / pre-arrest bail; ABLAPL No.1576 of 2025; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Justice V. Narasingh; order dated 03.07.2025; petitioner China Rao @ M. Santosh Rao; State of Odisha; G.R. Case No.717 of 2017; Bhadrak Town P.S. Case No.96 of 2017; S.D.J.M. Bhadrak; Sections 457, 380, 436, 34 IPC; charge sheet filed; co-accused released on bail; surrender within three weeks; release on bail subject to verification of criminal antecedents; order void if more than two similar antecedents; check whether order assailed before Apex Court; cooperation with investigation; ABLAPL disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Conditional pre-arrest bail protection: on surrender within three weeks and moving for bail, the Petitioner to be released on bail by the Court in seisin, subject to verification of criminal antecedents of similar nature (order void if more than two such antecedents) and confirmation that the order has not been assailed before the Apex Court.