A Bench of the High Court by its order dated the 6th August, 1974 has repelled the arguments put forward on behalf of the appellants and dismissed their application for bail.
They have filed the present appeal by special leave of this Court.
Appeal by special leave from the Judgment and order dated the 6th August 1974 of the Orissa High Court in Criminal Misc.
This Court is number expected to examine afresh the question of releasing the appellants on bail on merits.
The New Code came into force on and from the 1st of April, 1974.
359 of 1974.
2 of 1974 hereinafter referred to as the New Code, was rejected by the Sessions Judge relying on the saving clause a of sub section 2 of section 484.
Sharad Manohar, R. N. Nath and V. N. Gaupule, for the appel lant.
The appellants approached the Orissa High Court and pressed their cases for releasing them on bail on merits as well as on the ground of the provision of law aforesaid companytained in the New Code.
180 of 1974.
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They were produced before the Magistrate who remanded them to jail custody from time to time.
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The Judgment of the Court was delivered by UTNTWALIA, J. An occurrence took place on the 8th of March 1974 at a place situated in the District of Cuttack, Orissa.
The learned Sessions Judge released on bail four of the accused but refused to grant bail to the appellants.
The four appellants in this appeal by special leave were arrested by the police in the companyrse of the investigation on the 8th March and four others who have been enlarged on bail by the Sessions Judge of Cuttack were arrested on the 14th March.
Gobind Das, and B. Parthasarathi, for the respondent.
First Information Report was lodged on the 9th March, 74 and a police investigation started in companynection with the offences alleged to have been companymitted under sections 147, 148, 307, 302 simpliciter as also with the aid of section 149 of the Indian Penal Code.
