IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLREV No.159 of 2026 R. Akash Beehra …. Petitioner Mr. S. Sahoo, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Opposite Party Mr. S. Panigrahi, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 20.02.2026 01. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. Assailing the order passed by the learned Ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge (FTSC), Bhubaneswar dated 05.02.2026 in T.R. Case No.276 of 2025 rejecting the prayer of the Petitioner to direct DNA profiling test of the alleged child to ascertain the truth relating to its paternity, this criminal revision has been filed. 3. In the instant case charges have been framed against the accused under Section 450/376(2)(n)/ 506 of IPC on 13.10.2025 and admittedly the case is in the midst of trial and the prosecution allegation is borne out from the order sheet on record that while the victim was in her aunt’s house, the accused entered there and forcibly kept sexual relationship with her making her pregnant. The victim has already been examined as P.W.4. 4. To fortify his submission, learned counsel for the Petitioner has relied on the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Nandlal Wasudeo Badwaik vs. Lata Nandlal Badwaik & anr. reported in AIR 2014 SC 932 and in the case of Sharda vs. Dharmpal reported in (2003) 4 SCC 493. 5. In the light of the sequence as noted, this Court does not find any infirmity in the direction of the learned Trial Court in rejecting the prayer of the Petitioner for DNA profiling test. The decisions as noted above are distinguishable on facts. 6. In the given facts of the present case, this Court is not persuaded to hold that the DNA test is essential for a just decision of the issue involved. Hence, this Court is not inclined to entertain the Criminal Revision. 7. Accordingly, the CRLREV stands disposed of. (V. Narasingh) Judge Ayesha