Deepak Ranjan Satapathy @ Dipak Satapathy v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; ABLAPL No.1216 of 2026; order dated 05.03.2026 by Justice R.K. Pattanaik; anticipatory/pre-arrest bail under Section 482 BNSS; victim statement under Section 180 BNSS dated 21.12.2024 silent against petitioner; POCSO Special Court, Judge Court, Jajpur; minor victim aged about 13; alleged elopement; consent of minor immaterial; chargesheet filed 21.07.2025 concluding investigation; prior application ABLAPL No.7490 of 2025 disposed 04.07.2025; pre-arrest bail refused; surrender-within-a-fortnight direction; release on bail on Rs.30,000 bond with one solvent surety; petitioner Deepak Ranjan Satapathy@Dipak; State of Odisha; advocates D. Panda and S.K. Lenka (ASC).
What did the court decide?
ABLAPL petition disposed of with direction to the petitioner to surrender before learned Special Court-POCSO, Judge Court, Jajpur within a fortnight; on surrender in compliance, to be released on bail in connection with C.T. Case No.3213 of 2024 on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.30,000/- with one solvent surety for the like amount, the court below being at liberty to impose such other suitable conditions as deemed just and proper.