The Orissa High court on Monday granted conditional bail to Panda Infra MD Pratap Panda, who was arrested on September 11 in connection with the caving in of the under-construction flyover near Bomikhal in Bhubaneswar.
Though the High Court granted bail to Panda, it directed the lower court to set conditions, stated Panda’s counsel Dharanidhar Nayak.
“After hearing the bail plea, High Court directed the lower court to set conditions for Pratap Panda’s release on bail,” said Nayak.
Notably, Panda, after his surrender at the Bhubaneswar DCP office was arrested along with Works Department Assistant Engineer Kishore Rout and Panda Infra project manager Vipul Chakraborty. They were sent to judicial custody after their bail pleas were rejected by a local court. A passerby lost his life and more than 15 construction labourers were injured after the under-construction flyover had collapsed.