AFR IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLREV No.503 of 2022 & batch CRLREV No. 503 of 2022 Rabindra Kumar Behera …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 555 of 2022 Bajrang Lal …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 400 of 2021 Kumuda Chandra Mohapatra …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 154 of 2022 Chitaranjan Sikdar …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 205 of 2022 Babuli Pangi …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 253 of 2022 Raj Kumar Soni …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 266 of 2022 Narayan Chandra Mohanty …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 346 of 2022 Nasim Khan …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 353 of 2022 Bhupendra Sahu …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 356 of 2022 Malaya Ranjan Bhukta …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 361 of 2022 Surender …. Petitioner Union of India (N.C.B.) …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 380 of 2022 Renubala Nayak …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 383 of 2022 Tofan Nayak …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 384 of 2022 Abhisek Biswas …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 388 of 2022 Tara Devi …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 389 of 2022 Prasanta Kumar Pradhan …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 395 of 2022 Miriyala Showribabu …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 436 of 2022 Rahul Digal …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 438 of 2022 Mohammad Rizwan …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 444 of 2022 Madhaba Khara …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 450 of 2022 Fatima Bibi …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 451 of 2022 Chittaranjan Moharana …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 471 of 2022 Sabina Bibi …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 479 of 2022 Rajesh Jani …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 482 of 2022 Mohammad Ashan Alam …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 487 of 2022 Narottam Digal …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 491 of 2022 Susanta Debnath …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 515 of 2022 Pankajini Bagha …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLMC No. 150 of 2023 K. Mahaswar Rao …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 19 of 2023 Prime Mover Mobility Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 26 of 2023 Sadasiva Bhola …. Petitioner State of Odisha …. Opposite Party CRLREV No. 77 of 2023 Santosh Kumar Dash …. Petitioner -versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Advocates appeared in this case through Hybrid Mode :

For Petitioner :Mr. S. R. Mulia, Advocate Mr.Devasish Panda, Amicus Curiae (In CRLREV No. 503 of 2022)

Mr.Anupam Dash, Advocate (In CRLREV No. 555 of 2022 & batch)

For Opposite Party : Mr. L. Samantary, A.G.A.

CORAM:

HON’BLETHE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE SAVITRI RATHO .……………………………………………………………………

Date of Judgment : 15.01.2025 … ………………………………………………………………….

SAVITRI RATHO, J. The following question had been referred to the Division Bench by a learned Single Judge of this Court by a common order dated 23.08.2022 passed in CRLREV No. 346 of 2022, CRLREV No. 205 of 2022, CRLREV No. 253 of 2022, CRLREV 266 of 2022, CRLREV No. 353 of 2022 and CRLREV No. 356 of 2022 :-

“to examine the question as to whether the provision under Section 457 of Cr.P.C. will have no application in a case of release of the vehicle seized under the N.D.P.S. Act during investigation or trial of the case.”

2. This common order dated 23.08.2022 had been