Ghadu@Gandu Kirsani@Teka v. State of Odisha
High Court of Orissa at Cuttack – CRLMC No.1719 of 2025
Case brief
What is this about?
Odisha High Court, Cuttack; CRLMC No.1719 of 2025; Ghadu @ Gandu Kirsani v. State of Odisha; Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra; order dated 25.06.2025; quashing of criminal proceeding; Machhakund P.S. Case No.102 of 2020; T.R. Case No.67 of 2020; Special Judge, Koraput; contraband recovery 1309 KGs; seizure list; section 37 statutory bar; conscious and exclusive possession; investigation pending; final charge-sheet not filed; application not pressed; liberty for discharge application at charge-framing stage; surrender and bail; same-day disposal of bail application; case diary and criminal antecedents to be made available.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the Petitioner to raise the grounds (including the section 37 / non-exclusive possession contention and pendency of investigation) through a discharge application at the time of framing of charge, with permission to surrender and seek bail; direction to the Special Judge, Koraput for same-day, on-merit disposal of the bail application, aided by availability of the case diary and criminal antecedents of the Petitioner.