Raja @ Rajkishore Das v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

BLAPL No. 5353 of 2022 Raja@Rajkishore Das ....

Petitioner Mr. S. Mohanty, Advocate -Versus - State of Odisha ....

Opposite Party Mr. M. Mishra, Additional Standing Counsel Mr. S. Pradhan, Advocate (informant)

CORAM:

JUSTICE SASHIKANTA MISHRA ORDER_ 13.10.2022 1.

This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State.

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The petitioner is in custody since 09.05.2022 in connection with Jagatsinghpur Town P.S. Case No. 220 of 2021 corresponding to G.R. Case No. 502 of 2021 pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jagatsinghpur for the alleged commission of offence under Sections 302/34 of IPC. 4.

This is the second journey of the petitioner to this Court, his earlier application for bail being rejected by order dated 04.01.2022 passed in BLAPL No.9136 of 2021 granting him liberty to renew his prayer after examination of some material witnesses including eyewitnesses in the case. It is submitted that in the meantime, nine witnesses have been examined and none of them have implicated

the petitioner. However, it is submitted by learned State Counsel that two of the eyewitness are yet to be examined. 5.

Considering the submissions as above, I am not inclined to allow the prayer for bail at this stage. However, in view of the submission of Sri A.K. Mohanty, learned counsel for the petitioner that he required to attend to some domestic problem in his house, I am inclined to take a lenient view by directing the learned court below to release the petitioner on interim bail for a period of two months. It shall be open to the petitioner to renew his prayer after examination of the eyewitnesses, namely, Suvendukanta Das and Ranjit Kumar Lenka.

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The BLAPL is accordingly disposed of.

(Sashikanta Mishra) Judge BC Tudu