Sunil Kumar Padhi v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court disposed of a criminal miscellaneous petition (CRLMP No. 839 of 2025, Judge Chittaranjan Dash, order dated 21.08.2025) in which the petitioner sought a court direction to Opposite Party Nos. 2 and 3 to register an FIR and investigate. The Court refused to direct FIR registration, citing the nature of the complaint, and pointed the petitioner to the remedy of filing a complaint before the jurisdictional magistrate. No statute or precedent was cited; no amount involved.
What did the court decide?
No direction to register the FIR; Petitioner left at liberty to approach the jurisdictional magistrate by way of a complaint for redressal. ¶4