Chittaranjan Moharana @ Sambhu v. State of Odisha
ORISSA HIGH COURT (Savitri Ratho, J.) – CRLMC No.1525 of 2025, decided 07.05.2025
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-Judge order disposing of CRLMC challenging NBW/non-bailable warrant dated 06.02.2024 issued by Special Judge (SC/ST), Balasore in Spl. Case No.44/74 of 2019 (Balasore Sadar P.S. Case No.45 of 2019); absence on charge-framing date due to clerk's error in noting the date; bail previously granted on 17.08.2019; no interference despite no illegality; liberty to surrender on or before 17.05.2025 and seek bail; release on bail if default verified as first default, subject to terms including cash security; keywords: NBW, warrant of arrest, surrender, first default, cash security, SC/ST case, framing of charge.
What did the court decide?
CRLMC disposed of: NBW order left undisturbed (no illegality found), but the petitioner is permitted to surrender before the learned Special Judge (SC/ST), Balasore in Special Case No.44/74 of 2019 on or before 17.05.2025 and file a bail application; upon verification that it was his first default, he is to be released on bail on terms fixed by the court below, including cash security.