Raja Rao v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
ABLAPL No.5516 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, Justice V. Narasingh, order dated 09.10.2025. Petitioner Raja Rao (counsel R.K. Mallick) sought pre-arrest bail in C.T. Case No.635 of 2025 (JMFC-2, Bhubaneswar), arising out of Info City P.S. Case No.186 of 2025, UPD, Bhubaneswar, under Section 318(4)/316(2) BNS, 2023; State (ASC S.K. Lenka) opposed. Pre-arrest bail refused on grounds of economic-offence nature of allegations, admitted criminal proclivity and role ascribed to the Petitioner; liberty to surrender and seek regular bail to be considered on merits; application disposed of.
What did the court decide?
In considering the pre-arrest bail prayer, the Court took into account that the nature of allegations relates to an economic offence, along with the admitted criminal proclivity of the Petitioner and the role ascribed to him.