CUTTACK, India, May 19 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on April 17:

1. Since the issues raised in both the above-mentioned CRLMCs involve common questions of fact and law, those were heard analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment. For the sake of convenience and effective adjudication, CRLMC No.3815 of 2024 is treated as the lead case.

2. The Petitioner, in CRLMC No.3815 of 2024, has made a prayer to quash the initiation of criminal proceeding against her in connection with Balasore Vigilance P.S. Case No.4 of 2011 corresponding to T.R. Case No.33 of 2013 pending in the court of the learned Special Judge Vigilance, Balasore.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE:

3. The brief facts of the case are as foll...