Sujit Kumar Sahoo v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court order dated 09.09.2025 in ABLAPL No.2168 of 2025 by Justice V. Narasingh disposing of two interlocutory applications seeking modification of the order dated 4.8.2025. I.A No.1585 of 2025 not pressed and disposed of. I.A No.1584 of 2025 allowed: surrender precondition to bail dispensed with on humanitarian grounds due to disability certificate/undue hardship; Petitioner (Sujit Kumar Sahoo) to be released on bail by the Arresting Officer if arrested in Soso P.S. Case No.29 of 2025 / G.R Case No.58 of 2025 (J.M.F.C., Hatdishi). Keywords: anticipatory bail modification; bail upon arrest; Arresting Officer bail; disability hardship; Soso P.S.; G.R Case; J.M.F.C. Hatdishi; State of Odisha.
What did the court decide?
Modification of the order dated 4.8.2025 allowed in I.A No.1584 of 2025 on humanitarian grounds: instead of release on bail upon surrender, the Petitioner is to be released on bail by the Arresting Officer in the event of arrest in connection with Soso P.S. Case No.29 of 2025 corresponding to G.R Case No.58 of 2025 pending before the learned J.M.F.C., Hatdishi. I.A No.1585 of 2025 was disposed of as not pressed.