Manjula Kumari Sabar v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; ABLAPL No.539 of 2025; anticipatory/pre-arrest bail not entertained; repeat (fourth) bail application; renewal of bail prayer held unbarred; Sections 468/420/471 IPC (forgery/cheating/false documents-type allegations); Gunupur P.S. Case No.92 of 2015; G.R. No.189 of 2015; S.D.J.M., Gunupur; surrender within one month; same-day expedited bail disposal protocol (first hour S.D.J.M., second hour higher forum); case diary/transmission of case record; ground of parity left to trial court; V. Narasingh, J.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail not granted. The ABLAPL stands disposed of with procedural directions: surrender before the learned S.D.J.M., Gunupur within one month; the S.D.J.M. to consider bail on merits in the first hour of the day; if rejected, liberty to move the higher forum in the second hour on the same day, which shall dispose of the bail application the same day on merit, with case diary made available and case record transmitted; ground of parity, if any, left to the court in seisin.