Debadatta Sahoo v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

ABLAPL No.16213 of 2021 Debadatta Sahoo ....

Petitioner Mr. L. Bhuyan, Advocate -versusState of Odisha ....

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

CORAM:

JUSTICE S.K. SAHOO

ORDER

20.01.2022 01.

Order No.

This matter is taken up by video conferencing mode.

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

This is an application under section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in connection with G.R.(GN) Case No.324 of 2021 arising out of Ramachandrapur P.S. Case No.145 of 2021 pending in the Court of learned Nyayadhikari Gramya Nyayalaya, Ghasipura for alleged commission of offences under sections 379/411/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Perused the F.I.R.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted

// 2 // that five persons have been named in the first information report as accused and out of them, two co-accused persons, namely, Raju Gagarai and Chaitan Ojha were arrested during course of investigation and they have already been released on bail and another co-accused, namely, Kulamani Sahoo, who approached this Court in ABLAPL No.12930 of 2021 was asked to surrender in the Court below and move for bail and the same was directed to be disposed of taking into account the release of coaccused. Learned counsel for the State submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respective parties, the nature of accusation against the petitioner, while not inclining to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, it is observed that in the event the petitioner surrenders in the Court below and moves for bail before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, the same shall be disposed of as expeditiously as possible by the Courts below in accordance with law and claim of parity with the co-accused shall be taken into account at the time of adjudication of the bail application. The case records shall be made available to the Court concerned.

The ABLAPL is accordingly disposed of.

// 3 // Parties may utilize the soft copy of this order available in the High Court's website or print out thereof at par with certified copy in the manner prescribed vide Office Order dated 7th January 2022. ( S.K. Sahoo) Judge RKM