Orissa HC acquits two in 2017 triple murder case, sets aside death sentence
A division bench comprising Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra allowed the criminal appeals filed by Prakash Behera and Nandakishor Sethy, setting aside their conviction and death sentence pronounced by the additional sessions judge, Athamallik, on September 27, 2024.
Behera and Sethy had been convicted for the gruesome killing of a couple and their three-year-old son at Gambharimaliha village under Kishore Nagar police limits on October 9, 2017. Their throats were allegedly slit in what the trial court termed a 'rarest of rare' case warranting capital punishment.
The prosecution's story was that the accused unlawfully entered the home of Biranchi Naik with the intent to commit robbery and murder. They allegedly abducted Biranchi Naik and his minor son Ekalabya Naik, and later murdered his wife Tarani Naik. The accused reportedly stole cash and used a 'Katuri' (sharp-edged weapon), during the crime.
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