Damayanti Sia v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
CRLA No.34 of 2024, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, S.K. Sahoo, J., order dated 26.02.2024: informant's appeal under section 372 Cr.P.C. against judgment dated 08.12.2023 of Asst. Sessions Judge, Jajpur Road in S.T. Case No.1 of 2023 (arising from Jakhapura P.S. Case No.111 dated 14.12.2020) disposed of as withdrawn per proviso to section 372; certified copy returned with Xerox substitution; refiling delay to be considered under section 14 Limitation Act. Keywords: withdrawal of appeal, informant appeal, proviso to s.372 CrPC, condonation of delay, Sessions Judge forum.
What did the court decide?
Permission effectively granted to withdraw the CRLA so the appellant may prefer the appeal before the appropriate forum (the learned Sessions Judge); certified copy of the impugned judgment to be returned with Xerox substitution; direction to the concerned Court to consider section 14 of the Limitation Act when dealing with any condonation-of-delay application on refiling.