CUTTACK, India, May 1 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on March 31:
1. The appellant faced trial with two others in S.T. No.489 of 1998 in the Court of learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Cuttack for committing the murder of one Sukanta Kumar Senapati. The other two accused persons were acquitted while the present appellant, being convicted under Section 302 of I.P.C., was sentenced imprisonment for life.
2. Prosecution case, in brief is as follows:-
On 31.07.1997 on Adashpur Road under Niali Police Station, the deceased Sukanta Kumar Senapati was assaulted by three of his co-villagers namely, Basant Pradhan (present appellant) by means of a Farsa, one Susanta Mohapatra by means of Sword and the son of one Sura Mohapa...