BBJagatsinghpur District Judge Anup Kumar Chandan sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment [RI] and imposed Rs 10,000 fine on him for chopping the hands of a victim.
The accused, identified as Rakesh Parida, a resident of Mankadakhi village under Naharana panchayat in Balikuda block, had allegedly thrashed one Biswaprasad Mohanty alias Kanha from Baramunduli village over personal enmity and chopped one of his hands, on January 26, 2014. The victim Kanha had opened a studio in Dasbatia village, who was a professional photographer of the locality. He had developed enmity with Rakesh following a love affair. Rakesh had hatched a plan to eliminate Kanha and used one woman, identified as Aparna Mohanty, for committing the crime.
As per the plan, Aparna called photographer Kanha to the nearby Balijhari forest area for taking photos where a picnic had been organized. After Kanha reached the spot, Rakesh attacked him unexpectedly equipped with a lethal weapon. As a result he fell down on the ground. By that time one of his hands had been chopped off by Rakesh who later fled from the spot. Kanha’s parents had lodged an FIR in Balikuda police station against Rakesh and Aparna. The police had arrested Rakesh from the village and seized the weapon used for the crime, and forwarded him to court. Aparna was at large.