Santosh Kumar Mishra v. State
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; CRLREV No.32 of 2012; decided 01.07.2024 by Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra. Revision petition by accused Santosh Kumar Mishra challenging order dated 03.11.2011 of Special Judge (Vigilance), Bolangir (C.T.R. Case No.10 of 2010) accepting prosecution's application to insert statement of witness Benjamin Nag under Section 161 Cr.P.C. into the chargesheet. Dismissed in view of counsel having no instruction from client; trial already substantially progressed. Keywords: vigilance case, Section 161 Cr.P.C., chargesheet, Benjamin Nag, CTR Case, revision dismissed for want of instructions, State of Odisha (Vigilance).
What did the court decide?
In view of learned counsel for the petitioner having no instruction from his client in the matter, the Court dismissed the CRLREV; the merits of the challenge to the impugned order were not adjudicated in this order.