Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, BLAPL No. 1031 of 2025, decided 24.04.2025 by Dr. Justice S.K. Panigrahi: regular bail granted to Chinmaya Tarai @ Chinku (custody since 30.07.2024) for offences under Sections 331(7), 331(6), 109, 309(6) BNS 2023 in Kujang P.S. FIR No. 368 dt. 24.07.2024 / C.T. Case No. 107 of 2024 (Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Kujang); informant Smt. Himadri Tanaya Acharya; armed robbery with sword; theft of gold ornaments, DVR and cash Rs. 40,000; bail granted without examining merits; conditions include trial-court appearance on all dates, no new offence, no tampering with evidence, and planting of 100 mango/neem/tamarind saplings post-monsoon with two-year maintenance affidavit, I.I.C.-Forest Officer monitoring and DFO-supplied saplings; breach cancels bail.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner enlarged/released on bail in respect of Kujang P.S. Case No. 368 of 2024 (C.T. Case No. 107 of 2024, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kujang), on stringent terms to be fixed by the trial court plus Court-imposed conditions: attendance on every posting date, abstention from new offences, no tampering with prosecution evidence, and plantation with two-year maintenance of 100 local-variety saplings under monitoring by the I.I.C./Forest Officer with saplings supplied by the District Nursery/D.F.O.; breach of any condition entails cancellation of bail.