Possibility of gangster Raja Acharya’s release from jail after getting bail from the Orissa High Court on Friday might face a new hurdle as the Twin City Commissionerate police have decided to move the court seeking cancellation of the bail.
‘We will file a petition seeking cancellation of the bail after obtaining the necessary documents from the High Court. Opinions of legal experts are being sought in this regard,” said Twin City Commissioner of Police, YB Khurania on Saturday.
The High Court had yesterday granted conditional bail to Acharya in a 2010 case pertaining to the abduction of an employee of the Jyote Motors and extortion of money from him.
Acharya, lodged in the Jharpada Special Jail in Bhubaneswar, was likely to walk out free as he has already been granted bail in other cases against him.
Notably, Acharya was convicted in the murder of judo coach Biranchi Das and serving life term in jail since 2008. He was arrested from Goa on May 28, 2008. The Bhubaneswar District and Sessions Court had convicted him in the case and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
However, Acharya had petitioned the High Court challenging the lower court’s verdict. Since the matter did not come up for hearing in the High Court, he had moved the Supreme Court, which granted him bail in the murder case on March 10, 2017.