Kalu Patra v. State
Case brief
What is this about?
CRA No.43 of 2001; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Justice D. Dash; criminal appeal sentence reduction; conviction confirmed sections 506/448/427 Indian Penal Code 1860; fine in lieu of imprisonment; Rs.500 fine default simple imprisonment one month section 506; Rs.500 fine section 448; Rs.1000 fine default simple imprisonment three months section 427; Additional Sessions Judge Titlagarh; Sessions Case No.49(B)/19 of 2000; G.R. Case No.270 of 1999; SDJM Titlagarh; acquittal sections 450/307/324/323/294/34 IPC insufficient evidence; house forcible entry mischief informant P.W.4 Subhasini Panigrahi; rural background; twenty-five years trial mental agony since 2001; appeal allowed in part; concurrent substantive sentences; Section 374(2) CrPC 1973 appeal.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed in part: conviction under Ss.506/448/427 IPC confirmed; original custodial sentences commuted to fines — Rs.500/- each (default S.I. 1 month) for the S.506 offence, Rs.500/- each (default S.I. 1 month) for the S.448 offence, and Rs.1000/- each (default S.I. 3 months) for the S.427 offence; realized fine sums directed to be paid to P.W.4 (Subhasini Panigrahi).