Page 1 of 3. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLMC No.2420 of 2026 Ramesh Chandra Rout ..... Petitioner Represented by Adv. - Soumya Kanta Tripathy -versus- State Of Odisha and another ..... Opposite Parties Mr. J.K. Ray, ASC CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 29.07.2026 Order No. 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid mode. 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as learned counsel for the Informant, who is appearing on his own without notice being issued by this Court, as well as learned counsel for the State. Perused the CRLMC application as well as the prayer made therein. 3. By filing the present CRLMC application under Section 528 of BNSS the accused-Petitioner in G.R. Case No.156 of 2024, which corresponds to Mathili P.S. Case No.170 of 2024, now pending in the court of learned Civil Judge-cum-J.M.F.C., Mathili, has approached this Court with a prayer for quashing of the entire criminal proceeding on the ground that the dispute has already been settled amicably between the parties. 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner at the outset contended that initially the Opposite Party No.2-Informant lodged an FIR before the Page 2 of 3. Mathili P.S. alleging commission of an offence under Section 318(4) read with 3(5) of the BNS. He further contended that in the meantime the matter has been amicably settled between the parties and both the Informant as well as the Petitioner do not want to proceed further in the matter. In such view of the matter, learned counsel for the Petitioner contended that the entire criminal case be quashed in the larger interest of justice. 5. Learned counsel for the Opposite Party No.2-Informant, on the other hand, did not dispute the submission made by the learned counsel for the Petitioner. He further submitted that the matter has in fact been amicably settled and that the Petitioner has returned the money. In the aforesaid context, learned counsel for the Informant drew attention of this Court to the affidavit dated 24.07.2026, wherein the Informant has categorically admitted and acknowledged the receipt of the money as is due to him from the Petitioner. The Informant has also categorically stated that he does not want to proceed further in the present criminal case and that he will have no objection if the entire criminal proceeding is quashed. 6. Learned counsels appearing for both sides stated before this Court that both the Petitioner as well as the Informant are present in Court and, were identified by their respective counsels. Both the learned counsels for the Petitioner and Informant stated before this Court that they are no more interested in proceeding further in the present case, that the matter has been amicably settled and, they are living peacefully in the locality. 7. Considering the submissions made by learned counsels appearing for the respective parties and on a careful examination of Page 3 of 3. the background facts as well as the later development, further taking note of the fact that the matter has been amicably resolved, and that the Petitioner and the informant, who are present in Court, are no more interested in proceeding further in the present matter, this Court deems it proper to dispose of the present application by granting liberty to the parties to move before the learned trial court for compounding of the offence by filing an application under Section 359 of BNSS within three weeks from today. In the event any such application is filed, the same shall be considered by the learned trial Court by taking into consideration the observations made hereinabove as well as the fact that the matter has been amicably resolved and pass necessary orders on such application within a period of six weeks. 8. With the aforesaid observations/direction, the CRLMC application stands disposed of. ( Aditya Kumar Mohapatra ) Judge S.K. Rout