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Sagar Muduli v. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri

Orissa HC23 Feb 2026CRLMP/217/2026

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Orissa High Court, Cuttack; CRLMP No. 217 of 2026; decided 23.02.2026; Justice Savitri Ratho; Sagar Muduli v. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri; petition to expedite disposal of pending Crl. Misc. Case No.796 of 2025, filed August 2025 under Section 152 of the BNSS; case registered but pending without progress and pending for hearing; order-sheet not filed before the High Court, so stage of pending case could not be ascertained; matter possibly lingering unnecessarily; CRLMP disposed of with liberty to petitioner to seek early disposal from the SDM, Puri; merits and maintainability not examined; early-hearing application to be considered on its own merit.

What did the court decide?

Liberty granted to the Petitioner to approach the learned Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri with an application for early disposal of Crl. Misc. Case No.796 of 2025.

Sagar Muduli Vs Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri — Orissa HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Liberty granted to the Petitioner to approach the learned Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri with an application for early disposal of Crl. Misc. Case No.796 of 2025.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the Court should direct the Opposite Party (Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri) to dispose of Crl. Misc. Case No.796 of 2025 expeditiously within a stipulated date. +1 more

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Court's answer

The Court disposed of the CRLMP, granting liberty to the Petitioner to approach the learned Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri with an application for early disposal of the Crl. Misc. Case.

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Ratio / Principle

Since the order-sheet in the Crl. Misc. Case was not filed, the Court stated it was not possible to ascertain what the stage the Crl. Misc. Case was at and whether the matter was lingering unnecessarily — the stated basis on which it disposed of the petition with liberty instead of issuing the requested direction.

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Key takeaways

The Court expressly made clear that it had not examined the merits or maintainability of the Petitioner's case before the learned Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri, and that the application for early hearing will be considered on its own merit.obiter¶25

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High Court of Orissa at Cuttack — CRLMP No. 217 of 2026, decided 23.02.2026 (Hon’ble Miss Justice Savitri Ratho, J.). Sagar Muduli (petitioner; Mr. S.K. Mishra, Adv.) v. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri (opposite party; Mr. Sarathi Jyoti Mohanty, Additional Standing Counsel). The petition sought a direction to the opposite party to dispose of Crl. Misc. Case No.796 of 2025 — filed in August 2025 under Section 152 of the BNSS — expeditiously within a stipulated date; counsel stated the case was registered but pending without progress and pending for hearing. As the order-sheet of the pending case was not furnished, the Court found it impossible to ascertain the stage of the case or whether it was lingering unnecessarily, and disposed of the CRLMP granting liberty to the petitioner to apply to the learned Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri for early disposal. The Court expressly did not examine the merits or maintainability of the petitioner’s case; the early-hearing application will be considered on its own merit.

Sagar Muduli v. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Puri

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