Debendra Patasani @ Dhola v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
ABLAPL No.1081 of 2026, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, Justice R.K. Pattanaik, order dated 23.02.2026. Petitioner Debendra Patasani@ Dhola sought pre-arrest bail under Section 482 BNSS in Khordha P.S. Case No.226 of 2019 / G.R. Case No.646 of 2019 (Section 376 I.P.C.) before S.D.J.M., Khordha; chargesheet filed (Annexure-2). Informant/victim (opposite party No.2) filed affidavit of compromise, having married elsewhere and settled in life; counsel Prakash Chandra Das appeared for her. Court granted no anticipatory bail; directed surrender within a fortnight and release on bail on a bond of Rs.30,000/- with one solvent surety, with liberty to the trial court to impose additional conditions. Disposition: disposed of.
What did the court decide?
ABLAPL disposed of with direction that upon surrender before the court of learned S.D.J.M., Khordha within a fortnight, the petitioner shall be released on bail in connection with Khordha P.S. Case No.226 of 2019 / G.R. Case No.646 of 2019, subject to furnishing a bail bond of Rs.30,000/- with one solvent surety for the like amount; the court below is at liberty to impose other suitable conditions.