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2025 DAILYLAW 98 (ORI)

SANDEEP MOHANTY @ SANDIP MOHANTY @ PAPUNI v. STATE OF ODISHA

BLAPL/11679/2025 · 2026-01-13

Gourishankar Satapathy

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No.11679 of 2025 Sandeep Mohanty @ Sandip Mohanty @ Papuni … Petitioner Mr. B.K. Raj, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha … Opposite Party Mr. T.K. Acharya, Addl. PP CORAM: JUSTICE G. SATAPATHY Order No. ORDER(ORAL) 13.01.2026 02. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical Mode). 2. This is the 3rd successive application U/S.483 of BNSS by the petitioner for grant of bail in connection with Khurda Model P.S. Case No.46 of 2023 corresponding to T.R. Case No.05 of 2023 pending in the file of learned 2nd Addl. Sessions Judge, Khurda, for commission of offences punishable U/S. 21(c)/29 of NDPS Act, on the main allegation of possessing 350 Grams of Brown Sugar. 3. Heard, Mr. Bikram Keshari Raj, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. T.K. Acharya, learned Addl. PP in the matter and perused the record. 4. The bail application of the petitioner was earlier rejected by this Court on 14.08.2025, but the present petitioner has renewed his prayer for bail after examination of 04 more witnesses in the meanwhile taking the tally of the witnesses examined in this case to 12. In the sequence of events and after having considered the rival submissions and taking into consideration the nature and gravity of the offence as alleged against the petitioner vis-à-vis the allegation sought to be brought against him and on going through the materials placed on record together with the evidence of witnesses so far examined, this Court is unable to consider that the petitioner has satisfied the conditions of Sec.37 of NDPS Act. Hence, the prayer for bail of the petitioner stands rejected. Accordingly, the bail application stands disposed of. A soft copy of this order be immediately transmitted to the Court in seisin over the matter for reference. (G. Satapathy) Judge S.Sasmal