Disposed¶17
Ahalya Sahoo v. State of Odisha
Orissa HCWPCRL/152/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
High Court of Orissa, Cuttack; WPCRL No.152 of 2025; order dated 16.12.2025; Bench: Harish Tandon, CJ and M.S. Raman, J. Minor daughter rescued in raids, produced before CWC Bhadrak; statements under Section 180 and Section 183 BNSS; FIR lodged; minor kept in shelter home by CWC order. Court declined to direct personal presence of the minor, held CWC custody not unlawful/illegal, disposed of writ petition with liberty to approach CWC Bhadrak. Keywords: minor custody; Child Welfare Committee; shelter home; BNSS S.180; BNSS S.183; FIR; writ disposed.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; liberty left to the petitioner to approach the CWC, Bhadrak for appropriate directions. ¶17