ORISSA HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON STATE OF ORISSA V/S UMAKANTA DEHURI

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

1. The Appellant has filed the instantCriminal Appeal under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/ Section 419(1) &(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, invoking the appellant jurisdiction of this Court. The appeal is preferred against the Judgment dated 17.09.2009 passed by the learned Ad Hoc Additional Sessions Judge,Fast Track Court No. II, Bhubaneswar, whereby the Respondnet was acquitted for the offences charged under Section 448, 354 and 376 r/w Section 511 of Indian Penal Code.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE:

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

(i) On 29.01.2003,at about 4:00 P.M., the Appellant, being unwell...