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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
SIBO SANKAR MISHRA
Bansidhar Palei – Appellant
Versus
State of Orissa – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
S.S. Mishra, J.
This appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 04.02.2002 passed by the learned Special Judge, Puri in T.R. No. 37 of 1996, whereby the appellants are convicted for offence punishable under Sections 354 /294 of IPC read with Section 3(1)(xi) of S.C. & S.T. (PoA) Act and they were sentenced to undergo S.I. for one month for the offence under Section 294 of , S.I. for three months for the offence under Section 354 of and SI for six months for the offence under Section 3(1)(xi) of S.C. & S.T. (PoA) Act.
2. Heard Mr. L.N. Rayatsingh, learned counsel for the appellants and Mr. Sobhan Panigrahi, learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 28.05.1994 at about noon at village Srikarpur accused persons Bauri and Bina did not allow Kumari Sethi to take water from the tube well in front of the temple of deity Basantei. Accused persons Bijaya, Biranchi, Bansi and Naba scolded Kumari Sethi, Dhani Sethi and Menaka Sethi abused in filthy language throwing their pitchers and outraged their modesty trying to pull out their wearing apparels and all the accused persons armed with lat
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