Garuda Naik v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Pre-arrest/anticipatory bail refused; ABLAPL No. 8306 of 2026; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Justice V. Narasingh; order dated 24.07.2026; Petitioners Garuda Naik, Hrudaya Naik, Manoj Naik; counsel J. Panda; State of Odisha opposed (A.K. Pati, ASC) citing grievous injury; underlying case C.T. Case No.117 of 2026, J.M.F.C. Lanjigarh, arising from Lanjigarh P.S. Case No.56 of 2026; offences under Section 115(2)/ 109(1)/ 351(2)/ 3(5) of BNS; surrender within one month directed; first-hour consideration by J.M.F.C.; second-hour liberty at higher forum; same-day disposal requested; case diary availability and record transmission; ground of parity deferred to courts below; disposition: ABLAPL disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail was not granted; the Petitioners were directed to surrender before the learned J.M.F.C., Lanjigarh within one month, with their bail application thereafter to be considered on merits in the first hour of the day and, if rejected, liberty to approach the higher forum in the second hour the same day for same-day disposal.