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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
G. SATAPATHY
Rajendra Naik – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
G. SATAPATHY, J.
1. This is a bail application U/S.483 of BNS S by the petitioners for grant of bail in connection with Th. Rampur P.S. Case No.04 of 2025 corresponding to C.T. Case No.05 of 2025 pending in the file of learned J.M.F.C., Th. Rampur, Kalahandi, for commission of offences punishable U/S.103(1) of , on the allegation of committing murder of deceased Laxman Majhi.
2. Heard Mr.S.N.Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.R.B.Mishra, learned Addl. PP in the matter and perused the record.
3. It is undisputed that the petitioners by way of a bail application have raised a point before the learned Sessions Judge, Kalahandi that since the grounds of arrest was not communicated to the petitioners, their arrest being vitiated and illegal, the subsequent remand of the petitioners to custody is also illegal and thereby, the petitioners are entitled to be released on bail, but the learned Sessions Judge, Kalahandi while passing the order refusing to grant bail to the petitioners has observed that the decisions in Vihaan Kumar vs. State of Haryana & Another; 2025 (1) OLR (SC) 464 & Prabir Purkayastha vs. State (NCT of Delhi); 2024 (2) Crimes 293 (SC) are not app
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