IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

CRLMC No.5503 of 2025

Dharabahi Nayak ..... Petitioner

Represented by Adv. -

Durga Prasad Jena

-versus-

State Of Odisha ..... Opp. Party

Represented by Adv. –

U.C. Jena, A.S.C.

CORAM:

THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR

MOHAPATRA

ORDER

06.01.2026 Order No.

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

/Physical Mode).

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

made therein.

3. By filing the present application under section 528 of BNSS the Petitioner-Informant seeks quashing of the impugned order dated 06.08.2025 at Annexure-2. By virtue of the impugned order dated 06.08.2025 the learned SDJM, Jaipur, on the basis of a memo filed by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, has declined to

examine the CSW Nos.1 and 2.

4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner at the outset contended that the Petitioner being the informant of this case is a material witness in the trial. He further contended that although the

informant-petitioner was noticed, however, she could not appear before the court apprehending danger to her life. In such view of the matter, learned c