IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLREV No. 638 of 2025 Srinibas Patra …. Petitioner Mr. A. Alam, Advocate -Versus-

Muktikanta Routray …. Opposite Party CORAM:

MR. JUSTICE R.K. PATTANAIK

ORDER

08.12.2025 Order No.

01. 1. Heard Mr. Alam, learned counsel for the petitioner.

2. No notice is issued to the opposite party as the same is not necessary, hence, it is dispensed with.

3. Instant revision is filed by the petitioner assailing the impugned order as at Annexure-3 passed in connection with Criminal Appeal No. 22 of 2024 by the learned Additional District & Sessions Judge, Kujang, whereby, request seeking exemption from making deposit of 20% of the compensation amount in terms of Section 148 of the N.I. Act moved by him was rejected.

4. Mr. Alam, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner does not owe any liability and with such a ground, he moved the learned court below with the application i.e. Annexure-2 seeking waiver of 20% deposit but it has not entertained. The submission is that the learned court below failed to consider the case of the petitioner in the light of the Apex Court’s decision in Jamboo Bhandari Vrs. Madhya Pradesh State Industrial Developmen