Tunia@Pravash Senapa v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Tunia @ Pravash Senapati v. State of Odisha; JCRLA No.32 of 2014; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; order dated 04.09.2025; coram Justice S.K. Sahoo and Justice Chittaranjan Dash; premature release of convict-appellant on 16.04.2025 per Government order; Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services report (Flag 'D') dated 26.08.2025; appeal disposed of without merits hearing; liberty to file application for recalling order and hearing criminal appeal on merit; Sarat Chandra Pradhan, Addl. Standing Counsel for the State; no statute or precedent discussed; no quantum awarded.
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed of following the appellant's premature release on 16.04.2025; liberty preserved to the appellant to file an appropriate application for recalling this order and for hearing of the criminal appeal on merit if he wishes to challenge the conviction.