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2025 DAILYLAW 37460 (ORI)

PAPU @ MANOJ KUMAR LENKA v. STATE OF ODISHA

BLAPL/5448/2025 · 2025-06-26

Gourishankar Satapathy

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.5448 of 2025 Papu @ Manoj Kumar Lenka & Another … Petitioners Mr. A.R. Panda, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha … Opposite Party Mr. M.K. Mohanty, Addl. PP CORAM: JUSTICE G. SATAPATHY Order No. ORDER(ORAL) 26.06.2025 02. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical Mode). 2. This is an application U/S.483 of BNSS by the petitioner for grant of bail in connection with Bampada Industrial Area PS Case No.58 of 2025 arising out of CT Case No.412 of 2025, pending in the Court of learned JMFC (City), Balasore, for commission of offences punishable U/Ss. 310(4)/310(5) of BNS, on the allegation of assembling in an isolated place with deadly weapons and preparing to commit dacoity from some area. 3. Heard, Mr. Amulya Ratna Panda, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. M.K. Mohanty, learned Additional Public Prosecutor in the matter and perused the record. 4. After having considered the rival submissions and on going through the material placed on record and regard being had to the pre-trial detention of the Petitioners in custody since 24.02.2025 with submission of charge-sheet in the meantime and taking into account the other circumstance on record in entirety, this Court without expressing any view on merit admits the petitioners to bail. 5. Hence, the bail application of the petitioners stand allowed and the petitioners are allowed to go on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) only with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Court in seisin of the case on such terms and conditions as deem fit and proper by it with following conditions:- (i) the petitioners shall not commit any offence while on bail, (ii) the petitioners in the course of trial shall attend the trial Court on each date of posting without fail unless his attendance is dispensed with. In case the Petitioners fails without sufficient cause to appear in the Court in accordance with the terms of the bail, the learned trial Court may proceed against the Petitioner for offence U/S.269 of BNS,2023 in accordance with law, (iii) the petitioners shall not leave the territorial jurisdiction of the trial Court without prior permission till disposal of the case by intimating his present address of stay to the concerned Court, (iv) the petitioners shall report attendance before the Jurisdictional Police Station once in a fortnight preferably on a Sunday in each month in between 10 A.M. to 12 Noon for six (06) months from the actual date of release from the custody. The I.I.C. of Jurisdictional Police Station shall not detain the petitioner unnecessarily after recording his attendance beyond the time as stipulated. It is clarified that the Court in seisin of the case will be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioners without further reference to this Court, if any of the above conditions are violated or a case for cancellation of bail is otherwise made out. In the wake of aforesaid, the subsequent involvement of the petitioners in future for similar/grave offences on prima facie accusations may be treated as a ground for cancellation of bail in this case. 6. Accordingly, the BLAPL stands disposed of. 7. Issue urgent certified copy of the order as per Rules. (G. Satapathy) Judge Jayakrushna