Satyakanta Patra @ Happy v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court CRLMC 333/2026 (02.02.2026, Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi): prayer against NBW issued by Ad hoc A.D.J.(FTSC-II), Cuttack in Spl. G.R. Case No.20 of 2020 not entertained; petitioner found to be regular absconder absent on effective dates despite plea of noncommunication by conducting counsel; CRLMC dismissed; no relief granted; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner is a regular absconder who does not appear before the learned court in seisin over the matter on the effective dates, this Court is not inclined to entertain the prayer made in the CRLMC; the counsel-submitted explanations (long-standing bail, regular attendance, absence due to noncommunication by the conducting counsel) were not accepted as grounds to entertain the petition. ¶24