Unga Madhi v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

ABLAPL No.16801 of 2021 Unga Madhi ....

Petitioner Mr. D. Sahoo, Advocate -versusState of Odisha ....

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

CORAM:

JUSTICE S.K. SAHOO Order No.

ORDER

27.01.2022 01.

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 T.R. Case No.120 of 2020 arising out of P.R. Case No.11 of 2020-21 of Malkangiri Excise Range pending in the Court of learned Sessions Judge -cum- Special Judge, Malkangiri for alleged commission of offence under section 20(b)(ii)(C) of the N.D.P.S. Act.

Perused the F.I.R.

It is a case of seizure of commercial quantity of ganja and in view of the available materials on record and bar under section 37 of the N.D.P.S. Act, while not inclining to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, it is

// 2 // observed that in the event the petitioner surrenders in the Court below within a period of four weeks from today and moves for bail before the learned Court below, the same shall be disposed of as expeditiously as possible by the Court below in accordance with law. The case records shall be made available to the Court concerned.

The ABLAPL is accordingly disposed of.

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.

RKM ( S.K. Sahoo) Judge