Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, BLAPL No.12927 of 2025, Justice G. Satapathy, order dated 11.05.2026: bail application under S.483 BNSS by Bhaktaram Srigam, accused in Papermelta PS Case No.12 of 2023 / GR Case No.448 of 2023 (SDJM, Malkangiri) for offence under S.302 IPC of murdering his wife with a bamboo lathi; bail rejected as eye witnesses are yet to be examined; liberty granted to renew the bail prayer after their examination; trial Court requested to examine the eye witnesses at the earliest. Advocates: Soubhagya Kumar Das (proxy for Soumya Kanta Tripathy) for petitioner; C. Mohanty, Addl. PP for State of Odisha.
What did the court decide?
No bail granted at this stage; liberty to renew the prayer for bail after examination of the eye witnesses, with a request to the learned trial Court to examine the eye witnesses at the earliest.