Manas Ranjan Senapati vs State of Orissa

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2026 Supreme(Ori) 102

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA
Manas Ranjan Senapati – Appellant
Versus
State of Orissa – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Shibani Shankar Pradhan
For the Opposite Party : Mr.Udit Ranjan Jena, A.G.A., Mr. Ramdas Achary, Adv

Table of Content
1. details of allegations in the fir (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
2. petitioner's contentions regarding lack of involvement (Para 5 , 6 , 7)
3. opposition's argument for continuation of trial (Para 9 , 10)
4. court's perspective on inherent powers (Para 13 , 14 , 18)
5. findings on specific allegations against the petitioner (Para 19 , 23 , 25)
6. quashing of criminal proceedings against the petitioner (Para 26 , 27)

Judgement:

1. The present CRLMC application has been filed by the Petitioner with a prayer to quash the charge-sheet dated 25.06.2025, under Annexure-2, and the entire criminal proceeding against the Petitioner in Chandrasekharpur P.S. Case No.330 of 2023 corresponding to C.T. Case No.837 of 2023, for commission of offences punishable under sections 498A/341/323/294/506/34 of the IPC read with Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, pending in the court of the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class-II, Bhubaneswar.

2. The factual matrix of the case leading to the filing of the present CRLMC application, as gathered form the F.I.R and Charge-sheet, is as follows; initially an F.I.R was lodged on 13.07.2023 and registered as Chandrasekharpur P.S. Case No.330 of 2023