CUTTACK, India, April 18 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on March 17:
1. This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 04.02.2002 passed by the learned Special Judge, Puri in T.R. No. 37 of 1996, whereby the appellants are convicted for offence punishable under Sections 354/294 of IPC read with Section 3(1)(xi) of S.C. & S.T. (PoA) Act and they were sentenced to undergo S.I. for one month for the offence under Section 294 of IPC, S.I. for three months for the offence under Section 354 of IPC and SI for six months for the offence under Section 3(1)(xi) of S.C. & S.T. (PoA) Act.
2. Heard Mr. L.N. Rayatsingh, learned counsel for the appellants and Mr. Sobhan Panigrahi, learned Additio...