ORISSA HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON ADITYA JENA V/S STATE OF ODISHA AND ANR.

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

1. The Convicts/Appellants, in this CRLA, assail the judgment of conviction dated 24.12.2024 and order of sentence dated 26.12.2024, passed by the learned Ad-hoc Additional District and Sessions Judge, FTSC, Jajpur in CT Sessions Case No.63 of 2024, whereby the Appellants were convicted under Sections 341 and 376D of IPC and sentenced each of them to undergo R.I. for 25 years and to pay a fine of Rs.25,000/- in default of payment of fine to further undergo S.I. for five years.

I. CASE OF THE PROSECUTION:

2. Bereft of unnecessary details, the prosecution case, in essence, is that on 24.11.2023 at about 10:00 A.M., the victim, while proceeding to the hous...