Dibakar Nayak v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; R.K. Pattanaik, J.; Order dated 04.03.2025; BLAPL No.1487 of 2025 (Dibakar Nayak v. State of Odisha); bail under Section 483 BNS for excise-case custody (Excise Satellite Unit, Jaleswar, Balasore P.R. No.202 of 2024-25; Special Case No.1 of 2025); commercial quantity of Brown Sugar recovered from petitioner; bail granted with stringent conditions — Rs.50,000/- bond with one solvent surety; release conditional on antecedent verification; lone prior antecedent (Special Case No.260 of 2022) ended in acquittal; State counsel objected on conscious-possession ground; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Petition under Section 483 BNS allowed; petitioner directed to be released on bail in Special Case No.1 of 2025 (Excise Satellite Unit, Jaleswar, Balasore P.R. No.202 of 2024-25) upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs.50,000/- with one solvent surety for the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jaleswar, who may impose other suitable conditions; release subject to verification and absence of any similar antecedent pending; BLAPL disposed of accordingly.