Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 24-Mar-2026 16:52:38 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLMC No. 4244 of 2024 (A petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.)

Kanchanbala Sahoo …. Petitioner (s)

-versus-

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

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Petitioner (s) : Mr. Bipin Kumar Nayak, Adv.

For Opposite Party (s) : Mr. Amitav Pradhan, ASC Miss Gayatri Patra, ASC Mr. Trilochan Panigrahi, Adv.

CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI DATE OF HEARING:-13.02.2026 DATE OF JUDGMENT:-13.03.2026 Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. The petitioner in the present petition seeks to quash the criminal proceeding pending before the Court of the learned S.D.J.M., Puri in G.R. Case No.2114 of 2013 corresponding to Kumbharapada P.S. Case No. 357 of 2013 registered under Sections 284 and 337 of the I.P.C.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE

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

i. The petitioner and another have been implicated as accused in Kumbharapada P.S. Case No. 357 of 2013, registered under Sections

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 24-Mar-2026 16:52:38

284 and 337 of the I.P.C., which ultimately gave rise to G.R