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THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
SIBO SANKAR MISHRA
Bhagirathi Das – Appellant
Versus
State of Orissa – Respondent
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| 1. conviction based on eyewitness accounts. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. trial court's analysis of evidence is thorough. (Para 5) |
| 3. appellants' age and life circumstances noted. (Para 6 , 8 , 9 , 11) |
| 4. sentence reduced due to mitigating factors. (Para 10 , 12) |
| 5. criminal appeal partly allowed. (Para 13) |
JUDGMENT :
SIBO SANKAR MISHRA, J.
The present Criminal Appeal is conjointly preferred by eleven appellants challenging the judgment and order dated 29.07.1994 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhadrak in Sessions Trial No. 54/12 of 1993 (arising out of G.R. Case No. 645 of 1992) convicting them for offence under Section323/341/34 of IPC and sentenced them to undergo R.I. for one month on each count.
2. The prosecution report in the present case narrates that the accused persons and P.Ws 1 to 5, P.W.8 and P.W.9 are co-villagers. A week before to 17.06.1992, Nityananda Parida (P.W.1) had reported to the police about theft of coconuts by the accused persons. A police constable (Udaya Charan Jena-P.W.10) and a Grama Rakhi (Brundaban Samal-P.W.9) were deputed on 17.06.1992 to direct the accused persons to come to Ghanteswar Police Out Post in connection with the alle
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