Overview

• Additional Sessions Judge Bishnu Prasad Mishra convicted the group under IPC Sections 302 and 149 and ordered rigorous life terms.
• The convicts are Anant Pujari, Siba Shankar Pujari, Chandan Pujari, 73-year-old Damar Pujari, and Dalimba Pujari, along with a juvenile family member.
• The Juvenile Justice Board directed the minor be tried as an adult, resulting in an adult-equivalent sentence.
• The court also imposed fines of ₹10,000 on each adult convict.
• The August 9, 2022 assault in Baramasi under Kodinga police limits involved sharp weapons and a tractor, and Dambarudhar Pujari died on August 16 at SCB Medical College, Cuttack, while relative Padlam suffered a leg fracture.