Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 23-Apr-2026 12:43:01 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLMC No.5586 of 2025 (A petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.)

Ramanarayan Bal @ Ramnarayan …. Petitioner(s)

Bal -versus-

State of Odisha & Anr. …. Opposite Party(s)

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Sonia Mathur, Senior Advocate along with associates Mr. Subham Satapathy, Advocate For Opposite Party(s) : Ms. Gayatri Patra, ASC Mr. Siddharth Dave, Senior Advocate along with associates for O.P No.3 Mr. Satya Smruti Mohanty, Advocate Mr. Sarvavid S. Pradhan, Advocate Ms. Prakriti Pattnaik, Advocate CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI DATE OF HEARING:-17.03.2026 DATE OF JUDGMENT:-31.03.2026 Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. The present petition has been filed seeking quashing of FIR No. 17 dated

28.10.2025, registered at the Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar, Khordha, under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 341(1) and 61(2)

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT,

CUTTACK Date: 23-Apr-2026 12:43:01 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, insofar as it relates to the present Petitioner.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE