Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 23-Apr-2026 12:43:01 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLMC No.4919 of 2025 along with CRLMC No.386 of 2026 (Petitions under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.)

Sarat Kumar Nayak …. Petitioner(s)

(In CRLMC No.4919 of 2025)

Sukhalata Nayak (In CRLMC No.386 of 2026)

-versus-

State of Odisha (VIG) …. Opposite Party(s)

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Soubhagya Sundar Das, Adv. For Opposite Party(s) : Mr. Niranjan Moharana, Standing Counsel (Vig. Deptt.)

CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI DATE OF HEARING:-19.02.2026 DATE OF JUDGMENT:-31.03.2026 Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. Since common questions of fact and law are involved in the above-

mentioned matters, the same were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. However, this Court finds it appropriate to treat CRLMC No.4919 of 2025 as the leading case for the purpose of adjudication.

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT,

CUTTACK Date: 23-Apr-2026 12:43:01

2. The Petitioner, in the present petition, challenges the initiation and continuance of the proceedings pending against him before the learned Special CJM (Vig