Bhubaneswar

JJ Board acquits Jagatsinghpur minor

PNS

Juvenile Justice Board, Jagatsinghpur, Principal Magistrate PK Pradhan and Member, Mamata Das while delivering a judgment, acquitted a minor in a criminal case and observed the teen aged girl had incorrectly been implicated in the case.

The prosecution failed to adduce evidences against her during the trial.

Reports said that Balikuda police station IIC Ajaya Chandra Muduli had lodged an FIR against the 16- year-old accused alleging she had waylaid and misbehaved with police personnel while executing a pending warrant against her mother on December 23, 2016.

On the day, a police team led by complainant IIC Muduli had gone to village Gaithipur under Balikuda area to arrest Sabita Padhi on the basis of a SDJM Court order and following instruction of the SP.

On seeing police, the accused, accompanied by her supporters, waylaid the police. Later, they chased the police with lathi.

Police registered a criminal case against the accused under various sections of the IPC and the trial of the case had taken up in JJ Board, Jagatsinghpur.