Niranjan Singh vs State of Odisha

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
SASHIKANTA MISHRA
Niranjan Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Subir Palit, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. S.J. Mohanty, Adv.
For the Opp. Party : Mr. P. Tripathy, Addl. Standing Counsel.

Table of Content
1. factual background of the case. (Para 1 , 2)
2. arguments regarding the role of the petitioner. (Para 3 , 5 , 6)
3. court's analysis of discharge criteria. (Para 7 , 10 , 12 , 14)
4. distinction between suspicion levels in criminal cases. (Para 8 , 9)
5. conclusion and order to discharge. (Para 15)

JUDGMENT :

SASHIKANTA MISHRA, J.

The petitioner seeks to challenge the order dated 14.03.2018 passed by the learned CJM-cum-Asst. Sessions Judge, Angul in G.R. Case No. 1452 of 2015 in rejecting the application filed by him for discharge from the case.

2. The brief facts, relevant only to decide the present revision are as follows:

An FIR was lodged on 08.11.2015 by one Harmohan Sahoo before the IIC of Angul Police Station alleging therein that on being motivated by Basanta Kumar Sahoo and Lokanath Behera, who are the functionaries of Lakshmi Swayam Sahayak Samiti, he and several other persons deposited huge amounts of money under different schemes. The said Basanta Kumar Sahoo was the Chief Executive of Lakshmi Self Help Cooperative Ltd. Kalinga Bazar, Choudwar, Cuttack and Lokanath Behera was the Branch Manager of the said Lakshmi Swayam Sahayak Samiti, Angul. Though the depo

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACKSASHIKANTA MISHRANiranjan Singh – AppellantVersusState of Odisha – Respondent

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
SASHIKANTA MISHRA
Niranjan Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent