The Government on Wednesday approached the Orissa HC seeking cancelling the bail granted to one Sunil Meher (33) of Sambalpur, who works as a pimp in Bhubaneswar. Currently under judicial custody after he was arrested by the Nayapalli police in Bhubaneswar in July last year for offences under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Sunil was previously arrested by the Capital police on February 20, 2015 for similar offences.
But Sunil managed to obtain bail from the HC in April same year in which the HC had ordered the lower court to release him on bail on such terms and conditions the lower court deemed just and proper.
The HC had further directed that while continuing on bail, the petitioner shall not get himself involved in similar offences. “Violation of which [conditions] shall entail cancellation of bail,” the HC had ordered.
On April 15, 2015, the Bhubaneswar SDJM Court while releasing Sunil on bail had imposed conditions on him like he shall appear before the IO every Monday till submission of a final report and he shall not intimidate or tamper with the witnesses. But just three months after he was released on bail, Sunil was arrested again by the Nayapalli police on July 20, 2015 for committing the same offence. More so, during this period Sunil never appeared before the IO of the Capital police as per his bail conditions. Citing these violations of bail conditions and stating that the accused has no regard for the rule of law, the Govt has approached the HC to cancel the bail it had granted to him in April last year.