Nirmal Sahoo@Sahu v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; CRLA No.469 of 2025; oral order dated 06.02.2026; Justice G. Satapathy; bail under S.14A SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Amendment 2016); appellant Nirmal Sahoo @ Sahu (counsel S.R. Acharya); State of Odisha (Addl. PP S.C. Pradhan); charges Ss.126(2)/115(2)/118(1)/109 BNS r/w Ss.3(2)(v)/3(2)(va) PoA Act; Chhendipada PS Case No.567 of 2024; CT (Spl.) Case No.01 of 2025; GR Case No.1478 of 2024; Special Judge, Angul bail refusal dated 31.01.2025 quashed/set aside; custody since 27.12.2024; charge-sheet filed; alleged caste-motivated bamboo-stick attack on head of Sarthak Majhi ('SC'); appeal allowed; release on bail, terms left to trial/seisin court.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed; impugned bail-refusal order of the Special Judge, Angul quashed/set aside; appellant directed to be released on bail on terms and conditions to be fixed by the learned Court seized of the matter.