CUTTACK, India, April 18 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on March 17:
1. This Criminal Appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 02.07.1999 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jajpur in S.T. No. 668 /48 of 1997 [arising out of G.R. Case No. 97(A)/95], whereby the learned trial court convicted the appellant under Section 324 of IPC and sentenced him to undergo R.I. for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default to undergo R.I. for three months.
2. Heard Mr. Kamalakanta Sethi, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Sobhan Panigrahi, learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State.
3. The prosecution case, in nutshell, is that on 01.02.1995 morning the inf...