Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 23-Apr-2026 13:27:45 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLMC No.5685 of 2025 (A petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.)

Samarendra Sahoo & Ors. …. Petitioner(s)

-versus-

Urjit @ Urjita Mohanty & Anr. …. Opposite Party(s)

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Devashis Panda, Adv.

along with associates For Opposite Party(s) : Mr. Keshav Bahati, Adv.

CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI DATE OF HEARING:-17.02.2026 DATE OF JUDGMENT:-31.03.2026 Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. The Petitioners, who are the accused persons in I.C.C. Case No. 6707 of

2022 instituted by Opposite Party No. 2, have filed the present petition seeking quashing of the orders dated 15.11.2025 and 28.11.2025 passed by the learned J.M.F.C.-IV, Bhubaneswar.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

i. On 28.11.2022, Opposite Party No. 2, as the complainant, filed a complaint against her husband and in-laws, being I.C.C. Case No.

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT,

CUTTACK Date: 23-Apr-2026 13:27:45

6707 of 2022, before the learned J.M.F.C.-IV (Cognizance Taking), Bhubaneswar, allegin