THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

CRA No. 94 of 1995

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

Procedure Code)

Pradeep Sahu ……. Appellant

-Versus-

State ……. Respondent

For the Appellant : Mr. S.K. Dwibedi,

Advocate

For the Respondent : Mr. S.J. Mohanty, ASC

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE SHRI JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA

Date of Hearing and Judgment: 20.11.2025

S.S. Mishra, J. The present appellant is aggrieved by the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 01.03.1995 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Phulbani in S.T. No.4 of 1995, whereby the petitioner on being convicted for offence under Section 3(1)(xi) of the S.C. & ST (PoA) Act, has been sentenced to undergo

R.I. for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.2000/-, in default of payment of fine, to undergo S.I. for four months.

2. Heard Mr. S.K. Dwibedi, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. S.J. Mohanty, learned counsel for the State.

3. The prosecution case narrates that on 04.06.1992 around 3.00 P.M. Koili Suna,(victim), the daughter of Lingaraj Suna, who resides in village Kantamal with her father and other family members had been to the village pond to clean utensils. Pradeep Sahu (appellant), who is the son