IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLMC No. 224 of 2026 Basanta Majhi ..... Petitioner (s) Mr. Manas Kumar Chand, Advocate -Versus- State of Odisha & Anr. …. Respondent (s) Mr. Udit Ranjan Jena, AGA Mr. S. N. Mishra-4, Advocate for O.P No.2 CORAM: DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI ORDER 05.03.2026 Order No. 03. 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid arrangement. 2. The Petitioner has filed this CRLMC with a prayer to quash the proceeding in connection with Koksara P.S. Case No.194 of 2025 corresponding to C.T Case No.204 of 2025 pending in the file of learned ADJ-Cum-Spl. Court (POCSO), Bhawanipatna. 3. Learned counsel for Petitioner submits that the Petitioner is no way connected so far the alleged allegations are concerned and he has been falsely implicated in this case. By efflux of time, the informant being the father of the Victim came to know about the fact that her daughter had voluntarily left the house on her own consent and never kidnapped by the Petitioner. Hence, the Digitally Signed Signed by: GITANJALI NAYAK Reason: Authentication Location: OHC Date: 07-Mar-2026 14:03:13 Signature Not Verified 2 neither the informant nor the Victim are interested to Proceed against the Petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for the Informant vehemently opposes the prayer and submits that the victim girl is not rescued from the Petitioner and the victim is still missing, to which learned counsel for the Petitioner objected. 5. Be that as it may, this Court is not inclined to entertain the prayer as advanced by the Petitioner at this stage. 6. This CRLMC is, accordingly, dismissed. (Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi) Judge Gitanjali