Prabhanjan Sahoo @ Sahu v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Ancestral gun release; SBBL Gun RK 59; Naktideul (Nakatideula) Police Station custody/malkhana; Sambalpur authorities (District Magistrate, A.D.M., Superintendent of Police, IIC); gun licence as precondition; consent of original owner; competent authority order; gun repaired by authorized dealer after damage/rust; non-filing of representation under earlier direction in CRLMP No. 672 of 2025 (order dated 08.09.2025); rustic petitioner unaware of forum; disposal of CRLMP with three-month timeline for release application; Orissa High Court at Cuttack; Miss Justice Savitri Ratho; order dated 25.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
The CRLMP was disposed of with a direction that, after the Petitioner is issued a gun licence, he may apply before the competent authority for release of the gun along with the consent of the original owner, such application to be disposed of in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within three months.