Tapu @ Tapan @ Khirod Bhoi v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; BLAPL No.833 of 2025; bail application under S.483 BNSS refused; offences under Ss.103/3(5) BNS (murder of Anu Bhoi); Govindpur PS Case No.196 of 2024; GR Case No.730 of 2024; JMFC-III Cuttack; petitioner Tapu @ Tapan @ Khirod Bhoi; gravity of offence, homicidal death and eye-witness statement weighed; bail rejected; disposed 15.09.2025; Justice G. Satapathy; advocates Dhananjaya Nayak and C. Mohanty (Addl. PP).
What did the court decide?
After considering the rival submissions, the nature and gravity of the offences alleged against the petitioner, and the materials collected including the homicidal death of the deceased and other circumstances on record in entirety, including the statement of the eye-witness, the Court was not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. ¶19