Ajit Kumar Patel v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
ABLAPL No.2626 of 2026, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, order dated 22.04.2026 by Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra; anticipatory/pre-arrest bail application by petitioner Ajit Kumar Patel relating to Cyber Crime P.S. Case No.32 of 2025 (Sections 318(4)/61(2) BNS 2023 read with Sections 66-C/66-D I.T. Act) registered at Cyber Crime Police Station, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh; Court found it may lack jurisdiction over the out-of-State F.I.R., disposed of the application and pointed to transit bail before the producing Court; petitioner's counsel Uma Shankar Patel; State represented by AGA Debaraj Mohanty.
What did the court decide?
Since the F.I.R. was registered in the Cyber Crime Police Station, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), this Court may not have jurisdiction to entertain the prayer for anticipatory bail. ¶21