Rama Ch.Padhy v. State of Orissa
Case brief
What is this about?
CRLMC No. 2733 of 2016, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, Savitri Ratho J., order dated 09.02.2026. Quashing petition against cognizance order dated 13.01.2016 of learned SDJM, Balliguda in GR Case No. 457 of 2015 arising out of Nuagaon PS Case No. 75 of 2015, taking cognizance of offences under Section 448/294/506/34 IPC. Petitioners: Rama Chandra Padhy, Gita Kumari Praharaj (counsel Ramdas Acharya). Opposite parties: State of Odisha (Additional Standing Counsel Sarathi Jyoti Mohanty) and Subhasini Nayak. Trial completed; no cause of action survived; memo for withdrawal filed and taken on record; only one adjournment (07.11.2016), no interim order; CRLMC dismissed as withdrawn; copy of order ordered to be sent to SDJM, Balliguda; no merits finding on the cognizance order.
What did the court decide?
The Court accepted the petitioner's counsel's submission that the trial had been completed and no cause of action survived, took on record his memo for withdrawal of the CRLMC, and dismissed the CRLMC as withdrawn; no merits finding was recorded on the challenged cognizance order.