Dillip Kumar Giri v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
ABLAPL No.8528 of 2025; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Justice V. Narasingh; order dated 12.11.2025; Dillip Kumar Giri v. State of Odisha and Rina Mohanty; pre-arrest bail; C.T. Case No.403 of 2025, SDJM Nilgiri; Berhampur P.S. Case No.84 of 2025; Sections 85, 296, 115(2), 351(2), 3(5) BNS 2023; Section 4 DP Act; release on bail upon surrender within three weeks; criminal antecedent verification condition; monthly police-station reporting until final form; non-intimidation of Informant; variance on threat perception; advocates: Ms. A. Dash (Petitioner), Mr. S. Panigrahi ASC (State), Mr. P. C. Jena (Informant).
What did the court decide?
Conditional pre-arrest bail protection: on surrender within three weeks and moving for bail, the Petitioner to be released on bail by the Court in seisin on just and proper terms, subject to verification of criminal antecedents of similar nature (order ineffectual if such antecedents surface), coupled with monthly police-station reporting until submission of final form, a non-intimidation condition as to the Informant and her family, cooperation with the investigation, and liberty for the prosecution/Informant to seek variance on threat perception.