Rabindra Kumar Chhatoi vs State Of Odisha

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2024 Supreme(SC) 1312

B. V. NAGARATHNA, N. KOTISWAR SINGH
Rabindra Kumar Chhatoi – Appellant
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State Of Odisha – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Ms. Shrutee Aradhana, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, AOR Mr. Abhijit Pattanaik, Adv.

ORDER

Leave granted.

2. The appellant herein, is aggrieved by the order dated 13.11.2019 passed in Criminal Revision No.580 of 2019. The High Court in the said revision petition, which assailed the order dated 02.08.2019 passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhubaneswar in T.R. No.400 of 2016, has sustained the same and consequently, the Criminal Revision No.580 of 2019 has been dismissed. Hence, this appeal.

3. We have heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned counsel for the first respondent-State and learned counsel for the second respondent-complainant and perused the material on record and the provisions which are applicable to the present appeal.

4. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the second respondent herein, had instituted a Criminal Complaint against the appellant herein, under Sections 294 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) read with Section 3(i)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 [hereinafter referred to as “SC & ST (POA) Act” for the sake of convenience.

5. Before the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhubaneswar in T.R. No.400 of 2016, the appellant herein, filed an application u

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