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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
D.DASH, S.K.PANIGRAHI
Sankar @ Jhangala Murmu – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of criminal case process (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. assessment of evidentiary reliability (Para 7 , 10) |
| 3. arguments regarding witness credibility and evidence (Para 8 , 9) |
| 4. concerns on evidential weight and recovery process (Para 12 , 13) |
| 5. final decision to set aside conviction (Para 14 , 15) |
JUDGMENT :
The Appellant by filing this Appeal, from inside the jail, has called in question the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 11.04.2017 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Mayurbhanj- Baripada in S.T. Case No.192 of 2013 arising out of G.R. Case No.111 of 2013 (C.T. No.913 of 2012) of the Court of learned S.D.J.M., Udala.
2. The prosecution case is that on 03.09.2012, Ajit Kumar Behera (P.W.13) of village Kanheibandh under Khunta Police Station in the district of Mayurbhanj receiving an information about floating of a dead body near the bridge of a rivulet locally named and called ‘Nalhua Nala’ went there and found the information to be correct, when he saw the dead body of a female, aged around 35 years was floating over the water in that rivulet. He then reported the matter in writing to the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of Khunta Police Sta
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