Ashwini Kumar Pradhan @ Aswani Kumar Pradhan v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of criminal proceeding — Nabarangpur P.S. Case No.124 of 2025 / G.R. Case No.412 of 2025, S.D.J.M. Nabarangpur — offences under Sections 115(2) and 296 Bharitiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 and Section 75 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act — settlement/compromise between petitioner and informant's family — victim sustained no permanent injury, pursuing normal activities — informant (opposite party No.2) declined to proceed — DLSA Secretary report dated 09.05.2025 taken on record — petitioner cautioned under Section 17 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 against physical punishment of children — CRLMC No. 1498 of 2025 — High Court of Orissa at Cuttack — Savitri Ratho, J. — 15.05.2025.
What did the court decide?
CRLMC allowed; the proceeding in G.R. Case No.412 of 2025 pending in the Court of the learned S.D.J.M., Nabarangpur, arising out of Nabarangpur P.S. Case No.124 of 2025, is quashed; petitioner cautioned under Section 17 of the RTE Act, 2009.