Deepak Ranjan Satapathy @ Dipak Satapathy v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Orissa, ABLAPL No. 7490 of 2025, decided 04.07.2025 by V. Narasingh, J. Pre-arrest bail sought by Deepak Ranjan Satapathy @ Dipak Satapathy in C.T. Case No.3213 of 2024 (Special Court-POCSO Judge Court, Jajpur) arising out of Jajpur Town P.S. Case No.501 of 2024 for offence under Sections 137(2) BNS. After perusing the victim's statement under Section 183 BNSS, the Court refused pre-arrest bail but directed that upon surrender, the regular bail application be considered on its own merits, with a request for same-day disposal. Application disposed of. Keywords: anticipatory bail, pre-arrest bail, BNS 137(2), BNSS 183, POCSO special court, surrender direction.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail refused; ABLAPL disposed of with a direction that if the Petitioner surrenders before the trial court and applies for bail, the application shall be considered on its own merit, with a request to the court in seisin to endeavour to dispose of it on the same day after following due procedure of law.