Purna Chandra Biswal v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
ABLAPL No.9925 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, Justice V. Narasingh, order dated 12.12.2025 - pre-arrest/anticipatory bail granted upon surrender in a case under Sections 318(4)/351(2) of BNS, 2023 (Khandagiri P.S. Case No.532 of 2025 / C.T. Case No.1339 of 2025, J.M.F.C.-V, Bhubaneswar) following a mediation settlement between the accused and the complainant recorded in a joint affidavit made part of the order; informant's liberty to pursue legal remedies preserved upon breach of mediation terms; petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: the Petitioner, on surrendering within three weeks and moving for bail, is to be released on bail by the learned Court in seisin on such terms as deemed just and proper; liberty reserved to the Informant to take recourse to law in the event of violation of the mediation terms.