ORISSA HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON DIJABAR SWAIN AND ANOTHER V/S STATE OF ODISHA

CUTTACK, India, May 1 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on March 31:

1. Both the appellants faced trial in the Court of learned Adhoc Addl. Sessions Judge, Cuttack in S.T. Case No.764/2001. Appellant No.1-Dijabar Swain was charged for committing murder of his wife and of causing disappearance of evidence. Appellant No.2-Bijoya Bastia was charged for causing disappearance of evidence of the crime. By judgment dated 04.12.2002, appellant No.1- Dijabar was convicted under Sections 302/201 of I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life while appellant No.2-Bijoya Bastia was convicted under Section 201 of I.P.C. and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years.

2. Prosecution case, briefly stated, is a...