Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda was produced before the Gajapati District and Sessions Judge Court on Monday after being taken from the Brahmapur Central Jail amid tight security.
He was produced before the court for hearing of six cases lodged against him on Mach 24 and 25, 2006. He was allegedly involved in the jail, police station and treasury arson cases at R Udaygiri in Gajapati district. He had also allegedly attacked a sub-jail and a police station and took hostage the officer-in-charge of the local police station and a jailer.
On behalf of Panda, his lawyers Deepak Kumar Patnaik and Swarup Kumar Pal pleaded to the court to quash the case him. They contended that there was no truth in the charges.
District and Sessions Judge Gopal Chandra Patnaik rejected the petition of Panda, who was sent ack to the Brahmapur Central Jail amid tight security.