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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
SIBO SANKAR MISHRA
Trinath Pradhan – Appellant
Versus
State of Orissa – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
S.S. Mishra, J.
Since both the appeals arise out of a common impugned judgment and involve the same cause of action, they were analogously heard and are being disposed of by this common judgment.
The present appeals have been preferred by as many as twenty-six appellants who stand convicted by the learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Puri, vide judgment and order dated 25.03.1995 passed in S.T. Case No.18/72 of 1993, for the alleged commission of offences punishable under Sections 324 /149 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 9 -B(b) of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code. On that count, each of the appellants has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and six months. It is also apt to note that one of the co-accused, namely, Ramesh Jena, has been acquitted of all the charges by the learned trial Court.
2. The present appeals are pending since 1995. When the matter was taken up for hearing, none had appeared on behalf of the appellants. Therefore, this Court requested Ms. Varsha Pattnayak and Ms. Anwesha Mishra, learned counsels, who are present in Court to assist the Court as Amicus Curiae.
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