Santosh Karna v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; CRLMC No.109 of 2026; Santosh Karna (Adv. Bikash Karna) v State of Orissa (B.K. Sahu, AGA); decided 09.01.2026 by Aditya Kumar Mohapatra, Judge. Application to quash FIR arising out of Manamunda P.S. Case No.150 of 2023 / C.T. Case No.156 of 2023 pending before J.M.F.C., Kantamal disposed of as not pressed; liberty to file discharge petition at framing of charge; surrender-and-bail protocol: surrender within 21 working days, bail considered in first hour strictly on materials on record, higher forum fallback in second hour same day with parity if applicable; no opinion expressed on merits; case diary to concerned courts; records to higher forum at petitioner's cost.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of as not pressed with liberty to raise the point at charge-framing via a discharge petition; liberty to surrender before the learned J.M.F.C., Kantamal within 21 working days and move for bail, with first-hour consideration by the Magistrate on materials on record and a second-hour same-day fallback at the higher forum maintaining parity, if applicable.