Take notes as you read a judgment using our Virtual Legal Assistant and get email alerts whenever a new judgment matches your query (Query Alert Service). Try out our Premium Member services -- Free for one month.\n\nOrissa High Court\nSasikanta Routray vs State Of Odisha on 31 August, 2021                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK\n\n                              ABLAPL NO.13045 OF 2019\n            Sasikanta Routray                        ....            Petitioner\n                                                    Mr. J.K. Panda, Advocate\n                                        -versus-\n            State of Odisha                         ....       Opposite Party\n                                                    Mr. Karunakar Das, ASC\n\n                      CORAM:\n                      MR. JUSTICE D.DASH\n                                        ORDER\nOrder No.                              31.08.2021\n   07.      1.      This matter is taken up through hybrid arrangement\n            (virtual/physical) mode.\n\n            2.      Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel\n            for the State.\n                    Considering the submissions and on going through the\n            materials as placed, this Court is inclined to dispose of the\n            ABLAPL in the light of the order passed by this Court in the case\n            of Pramod Kumar Ray and others vrs. State of Odisha, reported\n            in (2017) 67 OCR-309 with the following observations:-\n                   The Petitioner shall surrender before the learned Sessions\n            Judge-cum-Special Judge, Kendrapara in T.R. Case No.09of 2019\n            arising out of Rajnagar P.S. Case No.11 of 2019 within 15 (fifteen)\n            days from today.     Seven days before the Petitioner surrenders\n            before the said Court, he or his counsel shall serve a copy of the\n            bail application or such number of copies of the bail application on\n            the learned Public Prosecutor/Special Public Prosecutor, as required\n            by him, for the purpose of notice to the victim or his/her dependent.\n\n                                                                       Page 1 of 3\n                                   // 2 //\n\n\n\n\nOn the date of surrender of the Petitioner, the Public Prosecutor/\nSpecial Public Prosecutor shall be ready with the Case Diary and\nother relevant case records of the case.\n3.      Taking into consideration the nature of the offence as\nalleged against the Petitioner, it is directed that the Petitioner shall\nbe released on interim bail by the learned Sessions Judge-cum-\nSpecial Judge, Kendrapara on the same day he surrenders in the\naforesaid case pending disposal of the bail application, on merit, at\nthe time of final hearing of the case, on such terms and conditions\nas deemed just and proper, including the following conditions: -\n           (1) the Petitioner shall appear in person before the I.O.\n                 once in a week on the day and time fixed by the\n                 said I.O. until further order by the learned Sessions\n                 Judge-cum-Special Judge, Kendrapara;\n           (2)   the Petitioner shall not threaten, induce or coerce\n                 any witness of this case or the victim or his/her\n                 dependent in any manner whatsoever; and\n          (3)    the Petitioner shall not involve himself in\n                 commission of similar or any other offences during\n                 currency of this order.\n        It is made clear that, this order does not in any way compel\n the learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Kendrapara to\n exercise its discretion of granting interim bail in favour of the\n Petitioner in view of the gravity of the offence. Such discretion\n shall only be exercised on consideration of the facts and\n circumstances, as found from the case record at the threshold, and\n learned Special Court shall have jurisdiction to find out whether\n\n\n\n                                                             Page 2 of 3\n                                          // 3 //\n\n\n\n\n          the captioned offence is made out against the Petitioner and\n          whether involvement of the Petitioner is at the fringe only.\n          5.    The ABLAPL is accordingly disposed of.\n          4.    Issue urgent certified copy as per rules.\n\n                                                            (D. Dash),\n                                                              Judge.\nNarayan\n\n\n\n\n                                                                    Page 3 of 3