Sujata Panigrahy v. State of Odisha(Vig.)
Case brief
What is this about?
Vigilance-case discharge challenge withdrawn with liberty: Sujata Panigrahy versus State of Odisha (Vig.), CRLMC No. 43 of 2024, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, Justice S.S. Mishra, order dated 12.02.2024. Discharge application under Section 239 Cr.P.C rejected on 16.12.2023 by the learned Special Judge, Special Court, Bhubaneswar, District-Khurda (T.R. No. 02 of 2023; Cuttack Vigilance Cell P.S. Case No. 06 of 2021); as charges had already been framed (order dated 31.01.2023), the petition was disposed of with liberty to assail the charge-framing order through the remedy available under the code. Keywords: discharge, Section 239 Cr.P.C, vigilance, withdrawal, liberty, framing of charges, disposed.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the petitioner to withdraw the petition and assail the order dated 31.01.2023 framing charges by resorting to the remedy available to him under the code; the petition disposed of without adjudication of merits.