Orissa High Court
ABLAPL/9642/2026 of SARJU SAHU Vs STATE OF ODISHA on 21 August 2026
of 3 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK ABLAPL No. 9642 of 2026 CNR No. ODHC010612512026 Sarju Sahu …. Petitioner Mr. S.R. Das, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. U.C. Jena, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 21.08.2026 01. 1. Heard learned
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
ABLAPL No. 9642 of 2026
CNR No. ODHC010612512026
Sarju Sahu
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Petitioner
Mr. S.R. Das, Advocate
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State of Odisha
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Opposite Party
Mr. U.C. Jena, ASC
CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH
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ORDER
21.08.2026
01. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
2. The Petitioner is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with G.R. Case No.1203 of 2017 pending on the file of learned S.D.J.M., Panposh at Rourkela, arising out of Uditnagar P.S. Case No.151 of 2017 for commission of offences punishable under Section 341/323/324/307/147/148/149 of IPC read with Section 25/27 of Arms Act.
3. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the Petitioner was initially granted interim bail by order dated 19.12.2017 in ABLAPL No.19971 of 2017 and subsequently, by order dated 30.11.2018, the anticipatory bail application was disposed of granting him liberty to surrender and move for bail.
4. It is stated that for supervening circumstances, the order could not be availed. Hence, this application.
5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for pre-arrest bail.
6. Taking into account the nature of allegations and the earlier orders passed, this Court is not inclined to entertain the application for pre-arrest bail. However, it is directed that Petitioner may surrender before the learned S.D.J.M., Panposh at Rourkela in connection with the aforementioned case within one month from today.
In the event of his surrender and motion for bail, the same be considered by the learned S.D.J.M., Panposh at Rourkela on merits, in the first hour of the day.
In the event of rejection of the prayer for bail by the learned S.D.J.M., Panposh at Rourkela, the Petitioner is at liberty to move the higher forum for bail in the second hour on the same day.
7. On being so moved, the higher forum is requested to make an endeavor to dispose of the bail application of the Petitioner on the same day.
The case diary shall be made available to the concerned courts to facilitate disposal of the bail application of the Petitioner and learned S.D.J.M., Panposh at Rourkela is called upon to transmit the case record to the higher forum at the earliest in the event of rejection of such bail application.
Ground of parity, if any, may be considered by the learned court(s) below. The forums below are requested to verify the criminal antecedent of similar nature of the Petitioner.
8. Accordingly, the ABLAPL stands disposed of.
9. U.C.C. as per rules.
(V. NARASINGH)
Judge
Santoshi
Digitally Signed Signed by: SANTOSHI LENKA Reason: Authentication Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack Date: 21-Aug-2026 19:22:42 Signature Not Verified