Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 20-Apr-2026 17:51:41 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLLP No.17 of 2021 (In the matter of an application under Section 419(4) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 corresponding to Section 378(4) of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973).

Ashok Kumar Pati …. Appellant (s)

-versus-

Jagannath Barik …. Respondent (s)

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Appellant (s) : Mr. Ashok Kumar Behera, Adv. For Respondent (s) : Mr. R. Behera, Adv.

CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI DATE OF HEARING:-09.04.2026 DATE OF JUDGMENT:-17.04.2026 Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. The Appellant has filed the instant CRLLP under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/ Section 419(4) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, invoking the appellant jurisdiction of this Court. The appeal is preferred against the Judgment dated 03.05.2021 passed by the learned J.M.F.C, Jajpur, in J.O. Code-OD-00825, in 1CC Case No. 295/2018 (T.R. No. 92/2021), whereby the Respondent has been acquitted for the offence committed under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE

2. The brief facts of the case are as fo