IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.9676 of 2025 Keheri Majhi … Petitioner Mr. H.B. Dash, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha … Opposite Party Mr. S.C. Pradhan, Addl. PP CORAM: JUSTICE G. SATAPATHY Order No. ORDER(ORAL) 28.01.2026 03. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical Mode). 2. This is a bail application U/S.483 of the BNSS by the petitioner for grant of bail in connection with Kashipur PS Case No. 53 of 2025 corresponding to CT Case No.34 of 2025 pending in the Court of learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Rayagada for commission of offences punishable U/Ss. 85/103(1) of BNS r/w Section 4 of the DP Act, on the main allegation of committing uxoricide by subjecting his wife to torture and cruelty. 3. Heard, Mr. Himanshu Bhusan Dash, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. S.C. Pradhan, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor in the matter and perused the record. 4. No doubt, the Petitioner has put much emphasis on the evidence of eye witnesses namely Sukanta Majhi & Dhansingh Majhi who are the wife and father of the Petitioner for remaining hostile to the prosecution case, but the Post Mortem report of the deceased reveals about 8 injuries on her person and the Doctor has opined the cause of death of the deceased to be due to head injuries and their complication. It is also found from the record that the deceased has brought to the Hospital with aforesaid injuries by the Petitioner, but one of such injuries is the cause of death of the deceased. Right now, the trial is going on and there are allegation against the petitioner for subjecting his wife to torture and cruelty. 5. In the aforesaid facts and circumstance and taking into consideration the nature and gravity of the offences as alleged against the petitioner vis-a-vis the allegation sought to be brought against him and regard being had to the materials collected in support of the allegation against the Petitioner and keeping in view the opinion of the Doctor as to cause of death of the deceased in the PM Report, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the Petitioner. Hence, the bail application of the petitioner stands rejected. Accordingly, the BLAPL stands disposed of. A soft copy of this order be immediately transmitted to the learned trial Court. (G. Satapathy) Judge Priyajit