Bapi @ Krushna Chandra Mallik v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack (R.K. Pattanaik, J.), ABLAPL No.227 of 2026, order dated 04.02.2026: pre-arrest/anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS in Dhenkanal Town P.S. Case No.175 of 2024 (G.R. Case No.363 of 2024); treatment of criminal antecedents in bail decisions — compliance with earlier order ABLAPL No.2923 of 2024, undertaking against similar criminal activity substituted for antecedent condition, bail bond Rs.30,000/- with one solvent surety.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail effectively granted: petitioner to be released on bail upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs.30,000/- with one solvent surety, complying the earlier bail order with the antecedent condition dispensed with in lieu of an undertaking not to involve himself in similar criminal activities; court below free to impose additional suitable conditions.