Rakesh Kumar Sahoo v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

ABLAPL No.2850 of 2022 1.

Rakesh Kumar Sahoo 2.

Chitaranajan Sahoo 3.

Narayan Sahoo 4.

Bibhu Prasad Behera 5.

Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo 6.

Bipin Kumar Sahoo 7.

Jagannath Sahoo 8.

Ratnakar Sahoo 9.

Dillip Kumar Sahoo

10. Manash Kumar Sahoo

11. Jagannath Sethi

12. Bipin Kumar Sahoo

13. Antaryami Sahoo

14. Jagabandhu Nath

15. Gopinath Behera

16. Swadhin Kumar Nath

17. Tusar Prusty

18. Chikun Sahoo

19. Dibya Ranjan Chaudhury

20. Jambeswar Khuntia

21. Prafulla Kumar Khuntia

22. Kartika Chandra Sahoo

23. Himanshu Bhusan Sahoo

24. Sukanta Kumar Sahoo

25. Dasarathi Behera

26. Dillip Kumar Sahoo

27. Rajesh Kumar Sahoo

28. Basudev Sahoo

29. Kailash Chandra Sahoo

30. Ramesh Kumar Sahoo

31. Duryodhan Khuntia

32. Suvendu Kumar Sahoo

33. Manoj Kumar Sahoo

34. Smrutiranjan Sahoo

35. Santosh Kumar Sahoo

36. Dibyaranjan Sahoo

37. Bijaya Kumar Sahoo

38. Nakulananda Sahoo

39. Basant Kumar Sahoo

40. Ashok Kumar Sahoo

41. Madhab Sahoo

42. Bishnu Prasad Khuntia

43. Prabhuprasad Behera ....

Petitioners

// 2 // Mr. P.K. Das, Advocate -versusState of Odisha ....

Opp. Party Mr. Arupananda Das, Addl. Government Advocate

CORAM:

JUSTICE S.K. SAHOO Order No.

ORDER

19.04.2022 01.

This matter is taken up through Hybrid arrangement (video conferencing/physical mode).

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

This is an application under section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in connection with Baideswar P.S. Case No.23 of 2022 corresponding to G.R. Case No. 83 of 2022 pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M., Banki for commission of alleged offences under sections 341, 353, 332, 294, 427, 336, 337, 506, 171-C/34 of the Indian Penal Code, section 7 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act and sections 2 and 3 of the Public Property (Prevention of Damage) Act, 1985.

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

Considering the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the case was instituted during last Gram Panchayat election and no specific overt act has been alleged against any of the petitioners, taking into

// 3 // account the nature of accusation and on hearing the learned counsel for the State, I am inclined to release the petitioners on anticipatory bail and accordingly, this Court directs that in the event of arrest of the petitioners in connection with the aforesaid case, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the arresting officer with further conditions that they shall make themselves available for interrogation by the I.O. as and when required and they shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing any facts to the Courts or to the Investigating Officer. Violation of any of the above conditions shall entail cancellation of bail.

The ABLAPL is accordingly disposed of.

Issue urgent certified copy as per Rules.

( S.K. Sahoo) Judge PKSahoo