Published By : Prameya News Bureau | October 08, 2021 IST
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Bhubaneswar, Oct 8:Chilika MLA Prasanta Kumar Jagdev, who was suspended from BJD after allegedly thrashing a BJP leader over a month ago, has surrendered in the court of the First Additional Sessions Judge, Khurda, on Friday. At the same time, he has moved his bail petition in connection with the case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and different sections of the IPC.Earlier, the Orissa high court has ordered, “It is directed that if the petitioner so surrenders in the first hour before the court in the aforesaid case and moves for bail, the court shall consider and dispose of his bail application on its own merit on the same day after giving a chance of hearing to the informant-victim in this case”. The single-judge bench of Justice S Pujahari issued the direction on Tuesday after senior lawyer Ashok Mohanty appeared in favour of Jagdev.
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