On 18 October 2021, complainant Kumarmani Bariha of Kadomeri village reported at Jharbandh Police Station that his cousin brother, Sadasiba Bariha, who had been residing at village Kusumdarha for nearly 30 years, was found dead near his house in the early morning hours.
Pronouncing the verdict on the basis of medico-legal evidence besides the statement of witnesses, the Court also directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to pay a compensation of Rs 7 lakh to the victim minor girl.
The life sentence handed down to Prajwal Revanna for raping a former domestic worker may well mark a watershed moment in Indian jurisprudence.
The court also imposed a fine of ₹10 lakh on Revanna and announced a compensation of ₹7 lakh for the victim. Revanna, also a former MP, broke down in court as the judge read out the verdict.
The gruesome murder executed by Punjilal Meher, an English lecturer and former principal at Jyoti Vikas College, had triggered statewide furore as death danced in ugly form at the marriage reception function in Patnagarh town with the instant death of the duo on 23 February, 2018.
The three died on December 15, 2022, when emergency services were called to Petherton Court to reports that they had suffered serious injuries.
The accused persons had beheaded Dehury and Jemamani in 2015 and carried their heads for some distance.
The self-styled godman has been undergoing a 20-year sentence at the high-security Sunaria jail in Rohtak, 250 km from state capital Chandigarh, for raping his two disciples, and was sentenced to life for the murder of a journalist in 2002.
Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court on December 17, 2018, while describing the mass killings as 'crimes against humanity'.
Jagtap said milk processing companies collect milk from farmers but the liquid turns "poisonous" by the time it reaches consumers.
