The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Jajpur on Thursday acquitted all the 29 persons accused in the torching of police vehicles and assaulting police personnel in Jajpur town 12 years back.
Delivering the judgment, CJM Bikram Kumar Pradhan acquitted all the 29 accused persons, as the prosecution failed to prove their guilt.
The case dates back to October 25, 2004, when the agitated mob set afire police vehicles and attacked police men when the latter were preventing them to attack the house of one Dilip Kumar Mohapatra. The accused persons were under the impression that Mohapatra sheltered Tantrik Maheswar Pradhan who was allegedly involved in the idol swapping case in the famous Biraja temple in Jajpur town, said lawyer of the accused Prabir Kumar Ray.