MANAS BEHERA v. STATE OF ODISHA
Court: High Court of Orissa
Bench: MR. JUSTICE GOURISHANKAR SATAPATHY
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Case summary
High Court of Orissa judgment dated 2026-04-08. MANAS BEHERA v. STATE OF ODISHA. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK BLAPL No. 1585 of 2026 Manas Behera … Petitioner Mr. A. K. Parida, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha … Opposite Party Mr. C. Mohanty, Addl. PP CORAM: JUSTICE G. SATAPATHY ORDER(ORAL) : 08. 04. 2026 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical Mode). 2. This is a bail application U/S. 483 of BNSS by the petitioner for grant of bail in connection with Delang P. S. Case No. 312 of 2025 corresponding to S. T. Case No. 3/42 of 2026 (G. R. Case No. 776 of 2025) pending in st the file of learned 1 Addl. Sessions Judge, Puri, for commission of offences punishable U/Ss. 85/108/ 80/ 316(2) of BNS, r/w. 4 D. P Act, on the main allegation of committing dowry death and abetment of suicide of his wife by subjecting her to torture and cruelty for demand of dowry. 3. Heard, Mr. Abhaya Kumar Parida, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. C. Mohanty, learned Addl. PP in the matter and perused the record. 4.
After having considered the rival submissions and taking into consideration the nature and gravity of the offences as alleged against the petitioner vis-‡-vis the accusations sought to be brought against him and regard being had to the materials placed on record keeping in view the allegation against the petitioner for assaulting the deceased just prior to one day before the occurrence and taking into account the opinion of the doctor as to the cause of death of the deceased in the postmortem report and taking into account the other circumstances on record in entirety, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 5. Hence the bail application of the petitioner stands rejected. Accordingly, the BLAPL stands disposed of. A soft copy of this order be immediately transmitted to the Court in seisin over the matter for reference. (G. Satapathy) Judge S. Sasmal
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