IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLMC No.4528 of 2025 Samir Gadanayak ..... Petitioner Represented By Adv. - Gopal Krushna Nanda -versus-

State Of Odisha ..... Opposite Party Represented By Adv. –

Mr. U.R.Jena, A.G.A.

CORAM:

MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR THE HON’BLE MOHAPATRA

ORDER

08.12.2025 Order No.

03. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/

Physical Mode).

2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as the learned counsel for the State. Perused the application as well as the prayer made therein.

3. It is stated by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that the informant-victim is dead in the meantime.

4. The present application has been filed at the instance of the accused-Petitioner with a prayer to quash the criminal proceeding in G.R. Case No.113(A) of 2015 which corresponds to Tumusingha P.S. Case No.26 of 2015 now pending in the file of learned S.D.J.M., Kamakhyanagar. The abovenoted criminal case was registered at the instance of the informant alleging commission of an offence punishable under Sections 294, 323, 506, 34 of I.P.C. in the year

2015.

5. Learned counsel for the Petitioner at the outset contended that the abovenoted criminal case has be