Cuttack, Sept 1: Orissa High Court granted conditional bail to Khageswar Patra, a close aide of the lady blackmailer Archana Nag and her husband Jagabandhu Chand.
The high court bench consisting of Justice Gourishankar Satapathy conducted a hearing on Khageswar’s regular bail petition and had served the verdict on August 9.
The top court of Odisha has directed the lower court to grant him bail after he fulfills the required conditions to get the bail.
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Notably, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Khageswar Patra in November 2022 in connection with the financial transactions made in the blackmailing racket.
