Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda was produced before the Gajapati District and Sessions Judge Court on Monday after being taken from the Brahmapur Central Jail amidst tight security.
He was produced before the court for hearing of six cases lodged against him in 2006. He was involved in the jail, police station and treasury arson cases on March 24 and 25 in 2006 at R Udaygiri in Gajapati district. He had also attacked a sub-jail and a police station. He also took hostage officer-in-charge of the local police station and a jailer.
Panda’s lawyers Deepak Kumar Patnaik and Swarup Kumar Pal defended him while Government advocate VSN Raju defended the Government action.The court decided to give the order of the hearing on July 11.