Pradipta Kumar Sena v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
CRLMC No.5072 of 2023, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 28.08.2024 by Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra (Order No.06). Petitioners Pradipta Kumar Sena and others (counsel N. Lenka); opposite parties State of Odisha and another (B. K. Ragada, AGA; S. K. Mishra for O.P.2). Parties were relegated to mediation by order dated 07.05.2024; mediation report dated 09.07.2024 recorded an amicable settlement including undertakings to cooperate in mutual quashing of criminal proceedings. On that ground the Court quashed the cognizance order dated 31.05.2021 of the J.M.F.C. (Rural), Cuttack in G.R. Case No.1113 of 2021 (Jagatpur P.S. Case No.176 of 2021) and consequential proceedings qua the petitioners, disposing of the CRLMC. Keywords: quashing, mediation, settlement, cognizance order, G.R. Case, criminal proceedings.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the cognizance order dated 31.05.2021 passed by the learned J.M.F.C. (Rural), Cuttack in G.R. Case No.1113 of 2021 arising out of Jagatpur P.S. Case No.176 of 2021 and the consequential proceedings, qua the petitioners; the CRLMC disposed of accordingly.