IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

CRA No.210 of 1998

(In the matter of an application under Section 374(2) read with Section

382 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973)

Karunakar Behera ……. Appellant

-Versus-

State of Orissa ……. Respondent

For the Appellant : Mr. Anshuman Ray, Advocate

For the Respo ndent : Mr. Sarathi Jyoti Mohanty,

Additional Standing Counsel

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE SHRI JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Date of Hearing: 12.08.2025 :: Date of Judgment: 19.08.2025

S.S. Mishra, J. The present criminal appeal is directed against the judgment dated 25th August, 1998 passed by the learned Special Judge, Balasore in Special Case No. 42 of 1995 convicting the appellant under Section 3(1)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short “the SC/ST Act”) and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 200/-, in default to undergo further rigorous

imprisonment for fifteen days. The learned trial court acquitted the appellant of the charges under Sections 341, 294 and 506 of the IPC.

2. Heard Mr. Anshuman Ray, learned Advocate, for the appellant and Mr. Sarathi Jyoti Mohanty, learned Additional Stan