Premananda Pradhan v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; TRPCRL No. 51 of 2024; decided 16.08.2024 by Justice Sashikanta Mishra. Criminal transfer petition seeking shift of trial in S.T. No.28 of 2019 (Birmaharajpur P.S. Case No.1 of 2017; formerly S.C. No.39 of 2017, Subarnapur) from Sessions Judge, Boudh back to Sonepur/Subarnapur after normalisation of conditions following the lawyers' bandh over the permanent Bench demand. Allowed: all 10 prosecution witnesses and parties are from Subarnapur district; transfer conditioned on completion of informant's cross-examination; trial to resume from same stage. Keywords: transfer of sessions trial, convenience of witnesses, Subarnapur/Boudh judgeship, bandh-related transfer back.
What did the court decide?
Prayer for transfer allowed: proceeding in S.T. No.28 of 2019 ordered to be transferred from the Court of Sessions Judge, Boudh to the Court of Sessions Judge, Sonepur and registered in its original number, effective only after conclusion of cross-examination of the informant; trial to continue from the stage already reached; the TRPCRL disposed of.