Ganeswar Beura v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

ABLAPL No.2057 of 2022 Ganeswar Beura ....

Petitioner Mr. B.B. Mishra, Advocate -versusState of Odisha ....

Opp. Party Mrs. Susamarani Sahoo, Addl. Standing Counsel

CORAM:

JUSTICE S.K. SAHOO Order No.

ORDER

12.05.2022 02.

This matter is taken up through Hybrid arrangement (video conferencing/physical mode). Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

This is an application under section 438 of Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in connection with Bhubaneswar Mahila P.S. Case No. 86 of 2021 corresponding to C.T. Case No. 3996 of 2021 pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M., Bhubaneswar for the commission of the alleged offences punishable under sections 498-A, 419, 468, 471 and 494 of the Indian Penal Code.

Perused the F.I.R. annexed to the anticipatory bail application.

// 2 // Learned counsel for the State has produced the written instruction dated 20.03.2022 received from the Inspector in-charge of Mahila police station, Bhubaneswar UPD, in which it is mentioned that the petitioner Ganeswar Beura was managing with all the victims to cheat them by introducing the main accused Ramesh Chandra Swain as a doctor and having degree of Deputy Director General, C.H.E.R.T., Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to gain the trust and the petitioner was present in the marriages from the groom side and he along with co-accused persons have divided the money and the jeweleries between them as per their share and thirteen cases have already been registered against the petitioner and other co-accused persons.

In view of the instruction received from the learned counsel for the State and the nature and gravity of the accusations against the petitioner, while not inclining to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, liberty is granted to him to surrender and move for bail in the Court below within a period of four weeks from today in the event of which the learned Courts below shall dispose of the same in accordance with law expeditiously and the claim of parity with the co-accused, who is stated to have been released on bail, shall be taken into account in accordance with law. The case records shall be made

// 3 // available to the Courts concerned for disposal of the bail application.

The ABLAPL stands disposed of.

A free copy of the order be handed over to the learned counsel for the State.

Issue urgent certified copy as per Rules.

( S.K. Sahoo) Judge p