CUTTACK, India, May 1 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on March 31:
1. Both these appeals have arisen out of the same judgment and hence, were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.
2. The appellants faced trial along with one Rajib Kumar Mallick @ Piki in S.T. Case No. 48/6 of 2003 in the Court of learned Adhoc. Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Rourkela for committing the murder of one Arjuna Mohananda. While Rajib Kumar Mallick was acquitted, the present appellants were convicted under Sections 302/34 IPC and were sentenced to imprisonment for life.
3. Prosecution case, briefly stated, is as follows:
On 28.03.2002, one Narayan Naik was alone in his quarter in Sector...