Meghanada Das v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

ABLAPL No.2069 of 2022

1. Meghanada Das

2. Manoranjan Padhy

3. Balaram Padhy ....

Petitioners -versusState of Odisha ....

Opp. Party ABLAPL No.2084 of 2022

1. Deepak Kumar Tripathy

2. Alok Kumar Tripathy ....

Petitioners -versusState of Odisha ....

Opp. Party ABLAPL No.2111 of 2022

1. Susanta Kumar Hota

2. Sanjay Kumar Padhy

3. Suryanarayan Panigrahi ....

Petitioners -versusState of Odisha ....

Opp. Party For petitioners .... Mr. S.S.Ray-2, Advocate (in all cases) For Opp.Party ... Mr. Arupananda Das, (in all cases) Addl. Govt. Advocate & Mr. J.P. Patra, Addl. Standing Counsel

CORAM:

JUSTICE S.K. SAHOO

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ORDER

Order No.

15.03.2022 01.

All the matters are taken up through Hybrid arrangement (video conferencing/physical mode). Since all the applications arise out of one case, with the consent of the learned counsel for both the parties, those are heard analogously and disposed of by this common order. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

All these applications are under section 438, Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in connection with Sheragada P.S. Case No. 41 of 2022 corresponding to G.R. Case No.50 of 2022 pending in the Court of learned J.M.F.C. Sheragada for the commission of the alleged offences punishable under sections 451, 323, 307, 379, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the State submitted that in this case, there are two injured persons, namely, Rabindra Bisoi, who sustained head injury and Chittrasen Patra and both of them sustained head injury, which are opined to be grievous in nature. He further submitted that petitioner no.1 Meghanada Das in ABLAPL No. 2069 of 2022 is having three criminal antecedents.

In view of the nature of accusation against petitioners and the nature of injuries sustained by the injured persons, while not inclining to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners, it is observed that in the event the petitioners surrender and move for bail in the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, the same shall be disposed of by the learned

// 3 // Courts below in accordance with law expeditiously and the claim of parity with the co-accused persons who are stated to have been released on bail shall be taken into account. The case records shall be made available to the Courts concerned for disposal of the bail application.

All the ABLAPLs are accordingly disposed of.

Issue urgent certified copy as per Rules.

( S.K. Sahoo) Judge PKSahoo