Sunday, November 18, 2007

Three gets RI for rape

The Pioneer,Nov 18,2007

Additional District Judge Raj Kumar Sahu on Saturday awarded seven years of rigorous imprisonment to Dhajaketan Panigrahi (26) and three years each to Jagdish Panigrahi (38) and Sidheswar Panigrahi (22) for raping a married woman. All the three accused are sons of Late Dukhishyam Panigrahi of Ladugaon under Koksara police station.

One married woman (mother of a girl) was raped on February 25, 2006 by three men who were her distant relatives at Ladugaon.

Police have arrested the three accused and forwarded them to court after an FIR was lodged against them. With the help of 13 people acting as witnesses, the ADJ sentenced Dhajaketan to seven years RI

No comments: