PRABHAT@PRAVAT KUMAR SETHI vs STATE OF ODISHA — CRLA/573/2023

Case under Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 Section 374. Disposed: --Disposed Off on 13th March 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: ODHC010403242023

Filing Number

CRLA/573/2023

Filing Date

19-May-2023

Registration No

CRLA/573/2023

Registration Date

22-May-2023

Judge

Dr. Justice S.K. Panigrahi

Coram

Dr. Justice S.K. Panigrahi

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

CRIMINAL MATTERS ( 9 )

Sub-Category

CRIMINAL MATTERS IN WHICH SENTENCE AWARDED IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS ( 19 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

13-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

--Disposed Off

Last updated 26-Apr-2026

Acts & Sections

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 Section 374

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.PRABHAT@PRAVAT KUMAR SETHI

    Adv. SURENDRA KUMAR BISWAL,M/S. CHANDAN SAMANTARAY, S.K.PATRA, S.BISWAL,M/S. CHANDAN SAMANTARAY, S.K.PATRA, S.BISWAL, S.N.BISWAL, L.C.BEHERA,M/S. CHANDAN SAMANTARAY, S.K.PATRA, S.BISWAL

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF ODISHA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 31-Mar-2026

    Dr. Justice S.K. PanigrahiView PDF

  3. 31-Mar-2026

    Dr. Justice S.K. PanigrahiView PDF

    Summary The Orissa High Court dismissed criminal appeals by two drug traffickers (Chhotu @ Sk. Jamir and Prabhat @ Pravat Kumar Sethi) and upheld their conviction under Section 21(C) of the NDPS Act for possessing 1 kg 130 grams of brown sugar. The court found that since the seizure occurred in a public place (near Hotel Jyoti Sagar), strict compliance with Section 42(2) of the NDPS Act was not mandatory, and the appellants were properly informed of their rights under Section 50. The court affirmed the 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence plus ₹1,00,000 fine for each appellant. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  4. 13-Mar-2026

    Dr. Justice S.K. PanigrahiView PDF

  5. 09-Mar-2026

    For Orders - Criminal Appeals

    Dr. Justice S.K. Panigrahi

  6. 11-Dec-2025

    Mr. Justice Aditya Kumar MohapatraView PDF

  7. 14-Aug-2025

    Mr. Justice Aditya Kumar MohapatraView PDF

  8. 31-Jul-2025

    Mr. Justice Aditya Kumar MohapatraView PDF

  9. 31-Jul-2025

    For Orders - Criminal Appeals

    Mr. Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra

  10. 29-Jul-2025

    Mr. Justice Aditya Kumar MohapatraView PDF

  11. 14-May-2025

    For Orders

    Mr. Justice Gourishankar Satapathy

  12. 07-Mar-2025

    Mr. Justice Gourishankar SatapathyView PDF

  13. 09-Jan-2025

    Mr. Justice Aditya Kumar MohapatraView PDF

  14. 21-Oct-2024

    For Orders

    Mr. Justice D.dash

  15. 16-May-2024

    Mr. Justice D.dashView PDF

  16. 19-Feb-2024

    For Orders - Criminal Appeals

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahoo

  17. 22-Jan-2024

    For Orders - Criminal Appeals

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahoo

  18. 03-Jan-2024

    For Orders - Criminal Appeals

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahoo

  19. 19-Dec-2023

    For Orders - Criminal Appeals

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahoo

  20. 11-Dec-2023

    For Orders - Criminal Appeals

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahoo

  21. 11-Dec-2023

    For Orders - Criminal Appeals

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahoo

  22. 29-Nov-2023

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahooView PDF

  23. 15-Nov-2023

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahooView PDF

  24. 15-Nov-2023

    For Orders - Criminal Appeals

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahoo

  25. 03-Jul-2023

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahooView PDF

  26. 03-Jul-2023

    For Orders - Criminal Appeals

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahoo

  27. 26-Jun-2023

    Fresh Admission

    Mr. Justice S.k.sahoo

  28. 22-Jun-2023

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  29. 19-May-2023

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRLA/573/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Orissa High Court dismissed criminal appeals by two drug traffickers (Chhotu @ Sk. Jamir and Prabhat @ Pravat Kumar Sethi) and upheld their conviction under Section 21(C) of the NDPS Act for possessing 1 kg 130 grams of brown sugar. The court found that since the seizure occurred in a public place (near Hotel Jyoti Sagar), strict compliance with Section 42(2) of the NDPS Act was not mandatory, and the appellants were properly informed of their rights under Section 50. The court affirmed the 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence plus ₹1,00,000 fine for each appellant. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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