SABITRI SAMANTARAY VS STATE OF ODISHA
SABITRI SAMANTARAY VS STATE OF ODISHA Landmark Cases of India / सुप्रीम कोर्ट के ऐतिहासिक फैसले REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 988 OF 2017 SABITRI SAMANTARAY … APPELLANT VERSUS STATE OF ODISHA … RESPONDENT WITH CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 860 OF 2022 (arising out of S.L.P (CRL.) No. 3881 OF 2017) BIDYADHAR PRAHARAJ … APPELLANT VERSUS STATE OF ODISHA … RESPONDENT JUDGMENT KRISHNA MURARI, J. Leave granted in Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 3881 of 2017. 2. Present appeals are directed against the judgment and order dated 08.11.2016 passed by the High Court of Odisha at Cuttack in Criminal Appeal 1 No. 202 of 2015. The Appellants herein, namely Sabitri Samantaray and Bidyadhar Praharaj are wife and husband respectively. The two have been arrayed as accused no. 2 and accused no. 1 in FIR No. 120 of 2008. The Appellants herein along with their daughter (accused no. 3) had been charged with offences under Sections 302, 201