Gudu @ Lokanath Das v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
BLAPL No. 214 of 2025; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; R.K. Pattanaik, J.; order dated 09.01.2025; bail application under Section 483 of B.N.S.S., 2023 allowed for Gudu@ Lokanath Das in G.R. Case No. 1124 of 2024 corresponding to Talabania P.S. Case No. 187 of 2024 (S.D.J.M., Puri); habitual-offender objection overborne by conclusion of investigation (Nov. 2024), custody since 14.11.2024 and local residence; conditions include Rs.40,000 bail bond with one solvent surety, fortnightly police-station reporting and undertaking to the I.O.; earlier bail rejection order at Annexure-2.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner directed to be released on bail in connection with G.R. Case No. 1124 of 2024 corresponding to Talabania P.S. Case No. 187 of 2024 upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs.40,000/- with one solvent surety, subject to stringent conditions (no involvement in similar criminal activities, fortnightly reporting to the P.S., undertaking to the I.O.), leaving the S.D.J.M., Puri free to impose further suitable conditions; the BLAPL is disposed of.