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p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
CRLMC No.333 of 2026
Satyakanta Patra @ Happy …. Petitioner(s) Mr. Bhuban Mohan Bhuyan, Adv.
-versus- State of Odisha & Ors. …. Opposite Party(s)
Smt. Sarita Moharana, ASC
CORAM:
HON’BLE DR.JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI
Order No.
ORDER 02.02.2026
01.
1. This matter is taken up through hybrid arrangement.
2. The Petitioner has filed this CRLMC assailing the order of NBW issued by the learned Ad hoc. A.D.J.(FTSC-II), Cuttack in Spl. G.R. Case No.20 of 2020, against him.
3. Heard.
4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner has been on bail since long. He was regularly attending the court on each date of posting of the case. However, on the effective dates the Petitioner could not remain present in court due to noncommunication by the conducting Counsel. Hence, the learned Court in seisin over the matter issued the order of N.B.W. against him. He further submits that the Petitioner undertakes to cooperate Digitally Signed Signed by: AYASKANTA JENA Designation: Personal Assistant Reason: Authentication Location: High Court of Orissa Date: 02-Feb-2026 18:41:08 Signature Not Verified p. 2 till the end of the trial and appear before the learned court below on each date of posting of the case without fail.
5. At this juncture, learned counsel for the State, on instruction, submits that the Petitioner is a regular absconder and he does not appear in the Court regularly. She further contends that due to such activities of the Petitioner the trial in the above noted case is running in a senile pace which is not conducive to the criminal justice system. She, accordingly, prays for dismissal of this CRLMC.
6. Considering the submissions made on behalf of both the parties and since the Petitioner is a regular absconder and does not appear before the learned Court in seisin over the matter on the effective dates, this Court is not inclined to entertain the prayer made in this CRLMC.
7. This CRLMC is, accordingly, dismissed.
(Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi) Judge Ayaskanta Designation: Personal Assistant