Mahesh Naik @ Papu Naik v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory/pre-arrest bail; conditional bail on surrender within three weeks; Mahesh Naik @ Papu Naik; G.R. Case No.64 of 2025; Parjanga P.S. Case No.45 of 2025; JMFC Parjanga; Sections 126(2), 296, 115(2), 121(1), 351(2) BNS; verification of criminal antecedents; check whether order assailed before Apex Court; cooperation with investigation; ABLAPL No.2678 of 2025; High Court of Orissa; Justice V. Narasingh; order dated 16.07.2025.
What did the court decide?
Conditional pre-arrest bail protection: on surrender within three weeks and moving for bail, the petitioner is to be released on bail by the learned court in seisin on terms deemed just and proper, subject to verification of criminal antecedents (the order being inoperative if any antecedent surfaces) and verification whether the order was assailed before the Apex Court; petitioner to cooperate with the ongoing investigation.