Uttam Kumar Lenka v. State of Odisha (Opid)
Case brief
What is this about?
ABLAPL No.6514 of 2025, Uttam Kumar Lenka v. State of Odisha (OPID), High Court of Orissa at Cuttack (Justice V. Narasingh), order dated 13.10.2025: pre-arrest bail application disposed of without protection; petitioner unnamed in FIR (Dhenkanal Town P.S. Case No.131 of 2022 / EOW, Odisha, BBSR P.S. Case No.10 of 2022) and not arrayed in charge sheet of C.T. Case No.04 of 2022 (OPID Act Designated Court, Cuttack); eight witnesses already examined; benchmarks applied: Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia (1980) 2 SCC 565; SFIO v. Aditya Sarda (2025 SCC Online SC 764); statutes: IPC Ss. 420/406/467/468/471/506/120-B/34; Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978 Ss. 4, 5 & 6; O.P.I.D. Act S. 6; liberty reserved to renew prayer on perceptible threat of arrest.
What did the court decide?
No pre-arrest bail protection granted; liberty granted to the Petitioner to renew his prayer in the event of any perceptible threat of arrest in connection with the F.I.R in question.