Shakuntala Jaiswal v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; ABLAPL; pre-FIR application; apprehension of arrest; FIR likely to be instituted; Malgodam Police Station; maintainability of ABLAPL without FIR; Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab (1980) 2 SCC 565; Dhanraj Aswani v. Amar S. Mulchandani (2024) 10 SCC 336; no reasonable apprehension found; disposed of with liberty to renew; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Justice V. Narasingh; dated 22.04.2025.
What did the court decide?
ABLAPL disposed of without grant of anticipatory bail; liberty to renew the prayer upon any fresh cause of action apprehending arrest. ¶20