Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 23-Apr-2025 18:11:49 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No. 15065 of 2018 (In the matter of an application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950).

Bisikeshan Ray …. Petitioner(s)

-versus-

State of Odisha and Ors. …. Opposite Party (s)

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Sailabala Jena, Adv. For Opposite Party (s) : Mr. Prabhu Prasana Behera, ASC CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE S.K. PANIGRAHI DATE OF HEARING:-26.03.2025 DATE OF JUDGMENT:-11.04.2025 Dr. S.K. Panigrahi, J.

1. In this Writ Petition, the Petitioner seeks a direction from this Court to set aside the order dated 14.02.2017 passed by the Authorized Officer- cum-Assistant Conservator of Forests, Bargarh Forest Division in C.P. Case No.15 of 2015-16, and the appellate order dated 11.07.2018 passed by the learned District Judge, Bargarh in FAO No.2 of 2017, on the ground that the confiscation of the tractor bearing registration number

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 23-Apr-2025 18:11:49 OD-17F-9326 was not supported by any finding of knowledge or intent on the part of the Petitioner or the Driver.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF TH