Bishnupada Sethi vs Central Bureau of Investigation

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2025 Supreme(Ori) 1159

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
V.NARASINGH
Bishnupada Sethi – Appellant
Versus
Central Bureau of Investigation – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. D. Panda, Advocate
For the Opposite Party : Mr. Sarthak Nayak, Special Public Prosecutor, CBI.

Table of Content
1. petition seeking pre-arrest bail based on corruption allegations. (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
2. arguments for and against the bail application. (Para 5 , 6 , 12)
3. court's duty to interpret legal principles and prior judgments. (Para 10 , 11 , 15)
4. insights on testimonial compulsion and definitions of an accused. (Para 14 , 20 , 23 , 26)
5. final ruling on the anticipatory bail application. (Para 30 , 31)

Judgment :

V. Narasingh, J.

1. Heard Mr. D. Panda, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. S. Nayak, learned Special Public Prosecutor for the CBI.

2. The Petitioner is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with R.C. Case No.17(A) of 2024 pending in the Court of learned Special Judge CBI-I, Bhubaneswar arising out of RC21720240017 of CBI, AC-II, New Delhi for commission of offence punishable under Section 7 read with Sections 8 /9/10 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) and Section 61 (2) of the BNS .

3. The allegation against the present Petitioner is that the Petitioner had played pivotal role in the named accused Chanchal Kumar Mukherjee, Group General Manager, Bridge & Roof Co. Ltd. demanding and obtaining a sum of Rs.10 lakhs from one Santosh