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 26.08.2009 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (FTC), Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi in Sessions Case No. 86/67 of 2008 [arising out of G.R. Case No. 184 of 2008 (TR No. 1455 of 2008)], whereby the learned trial court convicted the appellant under Section 324 of IPC and sentenced him to undergo R.I. for six months.
2. This appeal is pending since 2009 and none appeared for the appellant on several dates of hearing. Therefore, vide order dated 12.03.2026, this Court requested Mr. Devi Batsalya Rath, who was present in Court to assist the Court in the c...