Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLMC No.2970 of 2026 CNR No. ODHC010652322026 Saroj Ranjan Das@Papi ..... Petitioner Represented by Adv. - Satyabrata Senapati -versus- State Of Odisha ..... Opp. Party Represented by Adv. – P.K. Mohanty, A.S.C. CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 31.08.2026 Order No. 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Mode. 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner. Perused the application as well as the documents annexed thereto. 3. Learned counsel for the Petitioner, at the outset, contended that although the accused-Petitioner has approached this Court by filing the present application under Section 528 of the BNSS with a prayer for quashing of the entire criminal proceeding in C.T Case No.200 of 2016, arising out of Mancheswar P.S Case No.409 of 2015, now pending in the court of the learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Bhubaneswar, does not want to press the first prayer made in the application. He further contended that considering the fact that the FIR is of the year 2016 and the trial is pending for almost a decade. Learned counsel for the Petitioner further submitted that that the learned trial court be directed to Page 2 of 2. expedite the trial and to conclude the same in a time bound manner. 4. Considering the submissions made by learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner, this Court deems it proper to dispose of the present CRLMC application at the stage of admission by directing the learned trial court to make every endeavour and to expedite the trial as the C.T Case referred to hereinabove which is pending since 2016 and in the meantime charge has been framed on 16.12.2016, the learned trial court shall make every endeavour to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of one year from the date of communication of a certified copy of today’s order. The parties are directed to cooperate with the learned trial court and shall not take unnecessary adjournments in the matter. 5. With the aforesaid observations/ directions, the CRLMC stands disposed of. ( A.K. Mohapatra ) Judge Anil