The Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court on Friday granted bail to Sushant Nayak (23), accused of threatening a woman staff of the Secretariat with a knife on July 4.
“The bail process was delayed as nobody from the side of the accused came forward to release him on bail. Some people arranged for the surety bond necessary for Sushant’s bail. later in the afternoon, I submitted the court order to the Jharpada jail authorities,” Sushant’s counsel Sukanta Kumar Sahoo said.
His widowed mother and ailing sister back home in Dhenkanal were worried for his bail. As there was nobody from his family to get him out on bail, Sushant’s bail was delayed, the lawyer said.
The court granted the bail after hearing Sushant counsels, Sukanta Kumar Sahoo and Ramachandra Behera, on Friday.
Tough a Baripada-based senior lawyer, Shantiranjan Behera, had come forward to release Sushant Nayak out on bail, but he did not get the opportunity to contest the case.
As per court’s instruction, Sukanta Kumar Sahoo and Ramachandra Behera presented the case for Sushant.