Gopi Mallick v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Pre-arrest bail; anticipatory bail; ABLAPL; Orissa High Court; Justice V. Narasingh; Gopi Mallick v. State of Odisha; BNS 2023 Sections 115(2), 304(2), 351(2); G.R. Case No.1138 of 2025; JMFC Rural Cuttack; Cuttack Sadar P.S. Case No.565 of 2025; surrender within three weeks; release on bail by Court in seisin; verification of nature of injury; grievous injury condition; criminal antecedent of similar nature; cooperation with ongoing investigation; State opposition through AGA C.R. Swain.
What did the court decide?
The ABLAPL stands disposed of with a conditional pre-arrest protection direction: the Petitioner is to surrender within three weeks and move for regular bail, whereupon he shall be released on bail by the learned Court in seisin on such terms as deemed just and proper, subject to verification of the nature of injury and of criminal antecedents of a similar nature; if grievous injury or such antecedents come to fore, the order shall not be given effect to; the Petitioner is to cooperate with the ongoing investigation.