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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
G. SATAPATHY
Sambit Ray – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of facts leading to bail application. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. court reviews oral and written submissions. (Para 3) |
| 3. arguments concerning nature of custody and bail criteria. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 4. court grants bail under specified conditions. (Para 9) |
| 5. final decision and conditions of bail granted. (Para 10 , 11) |
JUDGMENT :
G. Satapathy, J.
1. This is an application U/S.483 of BNSS by the petitioner for grant of bail in connection with Markatnagar P.S. Case No.97 of 2025 corresponding to G.R. Case No.512 of 2025 pending in the Court of learned J.M.F.C.-I (Cog.Taking), Cuttack, for commission of offences punishable U/Ss. 318(4)/319(2)/336(3)/354/115(2)/127(2)/351(3)/308(5)/ 308(7) of BNS.
2. The present case arises out of an FIR lodged by one Vijay Khandelwal alleging therein that he came in contact with the petitioner during a spiritual gathering in the year 2022 at his residence and taking advantage of the informant’s religious inclination and emotional vulnerability, the petitioner misrepresenting himself to be a son of one IAS Officer, fraudulently projected himself as a person endowed with spiritual powers and accordingly, deceitfully induced the informant
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Criminal proceedings are not meant for recovery of disputed dues; the presumption of innocence underlies the decision to grant bail when no risk of flight or witness tampering is established.
Mandatory bail is required after sixty days of custody if the trial is not concluded, as per Section 480(6), promoting adherence to the right against indefinite detention under Article 21.
The court determined that allegations of misappropriation reflected a civil dispute rather than criminal intent, allowing bail based on the absence of prior criminal history and ongoing civil complai....
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