Rabi Behera v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of N.B.W. issued on 29.04.2025 by Additional Sessions Judge, Aska in Sessions Trial No.22 of 2023 (Aska P.S. Case No.83 of 2022) after petitioners' single-date absence caused by conducting counsel's communication gap despite prior bail (BLAPL No.4435 of 2022, order dated 20.05.2022) and regular attendance; directions to surrender and seek fresh bail within fifteen days with stringent attendance conditions; Rs.500/- cost per petitioner to Aska Bar Association Welfare Fund for library books; Orissa High Court CRLMC disposed of on 12.01.2026.
What did the court decide?
Order dated 29.04.2025 of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Aska, quashed insofar as it issued N.B.W. against the Petitioners; Petitioners directed to surrender and move for bail within fifteen days, to be released on bail with stringent conditions ensuring attendance on each date of posting; each Petitioner to pay Rs.500/- as cost, deposited with the Aska Bar Association Welfare Fund for purchasing library books, the receipt to be presented before the court in seisin; CRLMC disposed of.