Phulbani: Two separate fast track courts here today sentenced 12 people to three to four years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and penalty after convicting them in cases of house burning during the Kandhamal riot in 2008.
While disposing a case relating to house burning of minorities at Lengisuga village under Baliguda police station area during the riot, the fast track court judge C R Das pronounced four years RI and Rs 3,000 penalty to ten persons of the same village and acquitted four others due to lack of proper evidence.
Similarly, the fast track court-I judge S K Das pronounced three years RI and Rs 3,000 penalty to two persons after finding them guilty in setting fire on the houses of minorities at Ghodabisa village under G Udaygiri police station area.
While disposing a case relating to house burning of minorities at Lengisuga village under Baliguda police station area during the riot, the fast track court judge C R Das pronounced four years RI and Rs 3,000 penalty to ten persons of the same village and acquitted four others due to lack of proper evidence.
Similarly, the fast track court-I judge S K Das pronounced three years RI and Rs 3,000 penalty to two persons after finding them guilty in setting fire on the houses of minorities at Ghodabisa village under G Udaygiri police station area.
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