CUTTACK, India, May 19 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on April 17: 1. Since the issues raised in both the above-mentioned CRLMCs involve common question of fact and law, those were heard analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment. For the sake of convenience and effective adjudication, CRLMC No.1589 of 2025 is treated as the lead case. 2. The Petitioner, through the present CRLMC, calls in question the order dated 16.01.2023 passed by the learned Special Ju...
CUTTACK, India, May 19 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on April 17: 1. Since the issues raised in both the above-mentioned CRLMCs involve common questions of fact and law, those were heard analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment. For the sake of convenience and effective adjudication, CRLMC No.3815 of 2024 is treated as the lead case. 2. The Petitioner, in CRLMC No.3815 of 2024, has made a prayer to quash the initiation of criminal proceeding against her ...
CUTTACK, India, May 19 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on April 17: 1. The present CRLLP has been filed by the State of Orissa seeking leave to appeal against the judgment dated 21.12.2006 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bargarh, whereby the respondents were acquitted of the offence under Section 307 read with Section 149 of the IPC, thereby reversing the conviction recorded by the learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Bargarh vide judgment dated 23.12.1994. I. FA...
CUTTACK, India, May 19 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on April 17: 1. The Appellant-State is assailing the judgment and order of acquittal dated 25.11.2022 passed by the learned Special Judge (Vigilance), Jeypore, Koraput in G.R. Case No. 01 of 2014 (V) / T.R. No. 15 of 2014, arising out of Koraput Vigilance P.S. Case No. 01 of 2014. I. FACTUAL MATRIX: 2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the Complainant (P.W.8), a retired Assistant Teacher, submitted sanction documen...
CUTTACK, India, May 19 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on April 17: 1. The Appellant/complainant has preferred this CRLLP under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 challenging the judgment dated 02.01.2023, passed by the learned J.M.F.C. (LR & LTV), Baripada in 1C(c) Case No.128/ 2017/ T.C. No.608/2019, whereby the Respondent No.2 has been acquitted of the charge under Section 138 of the N.I. Act. I. CASE OF THE PROSECUTION: 2. Bereft of unnecessary details, ...
CUTTACK, India, May 19 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on April 17: 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 b...
CUTTACK, India, May 19 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on April 17: 1. The Appellant, in CRLA, assails the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 25.03.2025, passed by the learned Ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge, First Track Special Court (POCSO), Bhubaneswar in T.R. Case No.219 of 2019, whereby he was convicted and sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for twenty years and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- in default to undergo R.I. For a further period of thre...
CUTTACK, India, May 19 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on April 17: 1. The Convicts/Appellants, in this CRLA, assail the judgment of conviction dated 24.12.2024 and order of sentence dated 26.12.2024, passed by the learned Ad-hoc Additional District and Sessions Judge, FTSC, Jajpur in CT Sessions Case No.63 of 2024, whereby the Appellants were convicted under Sections 341 and 376D of IPC and sentenced each of them to undergo R.I. for 25 years and to pay a fine of Rs.25,000/- in ...
CUTTACK, India, May 19 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on April 17: The Petitioner has filed the instant Criminal Appeal under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/ Section 415(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, invoking the appellant jurisdiction of this Court. The appeal is preferred against the 30.06.2025 passed by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Nuapada, in S.C. Case No. 58/17/3 of arising out of P.S. Case No. 104 of 2002, w...
India, May 18 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation , Government of India organized a one - day " All India Official Language Festival - 2026 " on 18th May , 2026 at A.P. Shinde Seminar Hall , NASC Complex , Pusa , New Delhi . The event was inaugurated by Ms. Geeta Singh Rathore , Director General ( NSS ) . In her opening address , she highlighted the importance of the official language...