News Orissa High Court Denies Interim Bail in Triple Murder Case Noting “Act of Brutality” Against Defenceless Family, Finds No Grounds for Leniency Despite Illness or Delay “The petitioner’s act of committing triple murder of helpless individuals…cannot be termed to have been committed under any provocation.” RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read
News Orissa High Court Dismisses Plea for Discharge from Disproportionate Assets Case Against Wife of Public Servant; Holds Income Tax Returns Cannot Be Sole Ground for Discharge at Framing of Charge Stage “Even a strong suspicion founded on material on record is sufficient to frame a charge” RawlawJuly 16, 20256 min read
News Orissa High Court Dismisses Recall Plea Against Quashing of Criminal Proceedings, Finds No Proof of Fraud Practised Upon the Court RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read
News Orissa High Court issues notice on maintainability of writ petition in land acquisition compensation dispute under National Highways Act, 1956 despite alternate arbitration remedy: “Matter requires consideration” RawlawJuly 16, 20256 min read
News Orissa High Court Quashes Cognizance Order Against One Accused for Lack of Specific Allegations While Refusing Relief to Co-accused Implicated in FIR: “Allegations Must Be Clear, Not Omnibus or Vague” RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read
News Orissa High Court refuses to quash bribery charges under Prevention of Corruption Act against government clerk accused of demanding ₹5,000 bribe: “Disputed facts fall squarely within the domain of trial” RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read
News Orissa High Court Partially Allows Criminal Revision, Discharges Mother-in-Law While Declining Relief to Husband Accused Under Dowry Death Provisions Noting Prima Facie Case Against Him for Cruelty and Harassment RawlawJuly 16, 20256 min read
News Orissa High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail Citing Long Criminal History and Allegations of Serious Offences under Special Laws, Including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. “Given the antecedents and the nature of allegations, the Court is not inclined to entertain the plea.” RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read
News Orissa High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail to Petitioners Accused of Multiple Offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Citing No Change in Circumstance and Seriousness of Injuries Alleged in Prior Order “Merely because co-accused was released on bail cannot be treated as a change in circumstances” RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read
News Orissa High Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail to Accused Citing Bar under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Lack of Case Records to Establish False Implication “Without the case diary, no material can be assessed to invoke judicial discretion.” RawlawJuly 16, 20255 min read
