Bikram Narendrasingh v. State of Odisha
Criminal law – Bail – Regular bail application (BLAPL)
Case brief
What is this about?
BLAPL No.598 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack (Justice Sashikanta Mishra, 11.2.2025): Bikram Narendrasingh, in custody since 14.8.2021 in Banpur P.S. Case No.290 of 2021 (S.T. Case No. 107 of 2022 / G.R. Case No.262 of 2021, learned 2nd Addl. Sessions Judge, Khurda), sought regular bail. Bail rejected: petitioner directly named by witnesses as having led the murderous assault on the informant's husband, regarded as a principal accused, distinguished from two co-accused already granted bail, with overwhelming prima facie evidence of complicity. No statutes or precedents cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
The petitioner appears to be one of the principal accused persons, having been directly named by the witnesses as having led the murderous assault on the informant's husband. ¶18