For the Appellants : Mr. Debi Prasad Pattnaik, Advocate
For the Respondent : Mr. Jateswar Nayak,
Additional Government Advocate
AND
CRA No.135 of 1996
Tukuna @ Sujit Kumar Khuntia ……. Appellant
-Versus-
State of Orissa ……. Respondent
For the Appellant : Mr. Debi Prasad Pattnaik, Advocate
For the Respondent : Mr. Jateswar Nayak,
Additional Government Advocate
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE SHRI JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA
Date of Hearing: 10.03.2026 :: Date of Judgment: 17.03.2026
S.S. Mishra, J. Both the aforementioned Criminal Appeals are arising
out of the common judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated
14.11.1995 passed by the learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Athagarh in
S.T. Case No.282 of 1993 whereby two appellants in Criminal Appeal
No.307 of 1995 have been convicted for the offence punishable under
Section 395 of the IPC and sentenced to undergo R.I. for seven years and
to pay a fine of Rs.300/- (Rupees three hundred) in default to undergo
R.I. for two months each whereas the sole appellant in Criminal Appeal
No.135 of 1996 Tukuna @ Sujit Kumar Khuntia has also been convicted
for the offence punishable under Section 395 of the IPC besides the
offence punishable under Section 27 of the Arms Act. Apart from
sentencing him to undergo R.I. for seven years for the offence under
Section 395 of the IPC, he was additionally sentenced to undergo R.I. for
three years for the offence punishable under Section 27 of the Arms Act
and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- (Rupees five hundred) on both the counts,
in default, to undergo R.I. for three months.