Sangram Rout v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
BLAPL No.3934 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, Justice G. Satapathy, order dated 14.10.2025. Bail application under S.483 BNSS by Sangram Rout in Bhadrak Rural PS Case No.171 of 1999 / ST Case No.225 of 2017 before Addl. Sessions Judge, Bhadrak; charges under Ss.148, 302, 307, 436, 506, 342, 149 IPC r/w Sec.27 Arms Act and Sec.9(B) Explosive Act for alleged murder of three persons and injury to PW.12 with lethal weapons and bombs. Long incarceration of around seven years pleaded; 15 of 23 charge-sheeted witnesses examined, one declined. Bail rejected on gravity of allegations and evidence of PW.1-PW.15, especially PW.12; BLAPL disposed of. Keywords: bail refusal, S.483 BNSS, long incarceration, seven years custody, triple murder, IPC 302, unlawful assembly, Arms Act Sec.27, Explosive Act Sec.9(B), Bhadrak.
What did the court decide?
Despite around seven years of incarceration, on going through the materials on record together with the evidence of PW.1 to PW.15, especially PW.12, the Court found hardly any ground to grant bail, the allegations being serious and grave.