Priya Ranjan Swain v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Transfer petition (TRPCRL No.08 of 2026) before the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack by Priya Ranjan Swain against State of Odisha seeking clubbing/transfer of multiple pending trials to a particular court; precedents surfaced: Ravinder Singh Sidhu v. State of Punjab and others (petitioner's reliance found of no avail by the Court) and Abhishek Singh Chauhan v. Union of India, Writ Petition (Criminal) No.40 of 2022, SC decision dated 13.07.2022 (page-4 records Apex Court directing clubbing of all FIRs State-wise); application ultimately withdrawn by petitioner's memo and petition disposed of on 01.05.2026; bench: Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo; advocates: S.K. Mohanty (petitioner), D.N. Lenka AGA (State).
What did the court decide?
The Court disposed of the petition after taking on record the petitioner's memo that he did not wish to press the application, with the Additional Government Advocate expressing no objection to withdrawal; no substantive adjudication was made on the transfer/clubbing of trials.