Papun Barik v. State of Odisha

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Orissa High Court at Cuttack, ABLAPL No.3341 of 2026, decided 15.05.2026 by Justice V. Narasingh. Petitioners Papun Barik, Sashi @ Dillip Barik, Raju @ Rajua Senapati, Aju @ Ajaya Senapati, Narottam Barik, Subash Barik, Muna @ Sarat Das, Goutam Barik and Biju @ Bijaya Das (counsel J. Mohapatra) sought pre-arrest bail in Spl. Case No.28/2026 before the Special Judge-cum-District Judge, Bhadrak, arising out of Chandbali P.S. Case No. 95 of 2026, for offences under Ss. 308(3)/126(2)/115(2)/117(2)/296/304/351(3)/3(5) B.N.S., 2023 read with Ss. 3(1)(r)/3(1)(s)/3(2)(va) S.C. & S.T. (POA) Act; State of Orissa represented by M.R. Mohanty, AGA, and S. Bahadur for the Informant. Applying the Court's earlier order in Pramod Kumar Ray and others Vrs. State of Odisha, (2017) 67 OCR 309, the ABLAPL was disposed of: surrender within three weeks; bail-application copies to the Public Prosecutor/Special Public Prosecutor seven days before surrender for notice to Victim/Informant; interim bail on the day of surrender pending merits disposal, with conditions of weekly I.O. reporting, no intimidation of witnesses/Victim and no fresh offences; merits disposal within two weeks of the Victim/Informant's appearance. Keywords: anticipatory bail, interim bail, surrender directive, BNS 2023, SC/ST (POA) Act, Odisha.