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Time of India
25-05-2025
- Time of India
Man sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for raping & killing college student
Kendrapada: The ad hoc additional district and sessions judge, (fast track special court), Jajpur has sentenced a 31-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment on Saturday for raping and murdering a 17-year-old college student, whose body was found in a septic tank of a govt school in 2016 at a village in Jajpur district. The court also imposed a fine of Rs10,000 on the convict and failure to pay that amount would result in his sentence being increased by six months. Pronouncing the verdict in the case, judge Bijay Kumar Jena sentenced the man to life imprisonment under Sections 376 (rape), 302 (murder), 364 (kidnapping) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the IPC and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, on charges of kidnapping, raping and murdering the minor girl nine years ago. The victim, whose father was a peon at a local school, was a student of Plus II Arts. As per the chargesheet filed by police, on Jan 3, 2016, the convict kidnapped the girl and took her to the school where he raped and murdered her. He then dumped the body in the septic tank. The incident came to light the next day when police received a complaint from the school's headmaster who alleged that a foul smell was coming from the tank. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Entrevista exclusiva: a verdade sobre o magnésio que ninguém te contou AlwaysFit Undo After a thorough search, police found the body. Once her parents identified the body, police launched an investigation and on Jan 7, 2016, he was arrested. Before dumping the body, he stole the gold ornaments the victim was wearing. He also stole her ATM card with which he withdrew money later that night at Jajpur road. Police scanned through the CCTV footage of the ATM booth which helped in tracking him down. As many as 40 witnesses deposed in the case in the court. "After relying on the evidence of the witnesses, 12 documents, including the postmortem report, and 10 material objects, the court convicted the accused and sentenced him to rigorous life imprisonment," Rajendra Prasad Nayak, the special public prosecutor of the court, said. "We argued before the court to give capital punishment to the convict. But the court stated that this case does not come under the purview of the 'rarest of the rare' case category and rejected our plea," Nayak added.


Hans India
04-05-2025
- General
- Hans India
All 11 visually impaired students clear HSC exam
Berhampur: The Red Cross School for the Blind in Ganjam district has again achieved 100 per cent pass percentage in the High School Certificate (HSC) examination, the results of which were announced on Friday. All 11 visually impaired students, including four girls, who appeared for the exam this year, passed, principal Priya Ranjan Mahakuda said. 'Two boys secured A2 grades by scoring above 80 per cent, while two other students received B1 grade (over 70 per cent). Three students got B2 grade ( over 60 per cent), and four secured C grade (over 50 per cent),' Mahakuda said. Since its first batch in 1983, the residential school has consistently achieved 100 per cent success rate in the matriculation examination.'The teaching staff takes extra care of the students, which is a key reason behind our success,' Mahakuda Giri and Binayak Patra, who secured A2 grades, expressed their desire to pursue higher education.'We want to pursue Plus II in college,' they said. Earlier, students faced challenges in Plus II education due to the lack of Braille textbooks. However, in the past three years, that gap has been addressed. 'We have been printing Braille textbooks for Plus II Arts students and supplying them to different institutes free of cost, as directed by the government,' said Prakash Narayan Rath, manager of the government-run computerised Braille Press. Three schools in Berhampur have also reported 100 per cent success rates. While Saraswati Vidya Mandir at Nilakantha Nagar has achieved 100 per cent success rate for the last 33 years, Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir at Ramahari Nagar and Goshaninuagan has been achieving 100 per cent results for the past 23 years. 'This year, all 363 students passed the HSC exam,' Saraswati Vidya Mandir principal S Mohan Rao said. Similarly, all 145 students from Sishu Vidya Mandir, Ramhari Nagar, passed the exam this Shakti Prasad Bisoi said, 'Five students scored A1, 42 (A2), 44 (B1), 34 (B2) and 20 students secured C grade.' The school has been achieving 100 per cent results in HSC examinations since 2002. Sishu Vidya Mandir, Goshaninuagan, also upheld its 23-year streak of perfect Narayan Panda said, 'All 106 students who appeared this year passed. Nine students got A1, 32 achieved A2, 29 received B1, and 27 earned B2 grades. Seven students secured C grades and two received D grades.'


Hindustan Times
03-05-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
Red Cross Blind School in Odisha's Ganjam achieves 100 pc HSC results for 42nd year
Berhampur , The Red Cross School for the Blind in Odisha's Ganjam district has again achieved 100 per cent pass percentage in the High School Certificate examination, the results of which were announced on Friday. All 11 visually impaired students, including four girls, who appeared for the exam this year passed, principal Priya Ranjan Mahakuda said. "Two boys secured A2 grades by scoring above 80 per cent, while two other students received B1 grade . Three students got B2 grade , and four secured C grade ," Mahakuda said. Since its first batch in 1983, the residential school has consistently achieved a 100 per cent success rate in the matriculation examination. "The teaching staff takes extra care of the students, which is a key reason behind our success," Mahakuda added. Bikram Giri and Binayak Patra, who secured A2 grades, expressed their desire to pursue higher education. "We want to pursue Plus II in college," they said. Earlier, students faced challenges in Plus II education due to the lack of Braille textbooks. However, in the past three years, that gap has been addressed. "We have been printing Braille textbooks for Plus II Arts students and supplying them to different institutes free of cost, as directed by the government," said Prakash Narayan Rath, manager of the government-run computerised Braille press. Three schools in Berhampur have also reported 100 per cent success rates. While Saraswati Vidya Mandir at Nilakantha Nagar has achieved 100 per cent success rate for the last 33 years, Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir at Ramahari Nagar and Goshaninuagan has been achieving 100 per cent results for the past 23 years. "This year, all 363 students passed the HSC exam," Saraswati Vidya Mandir principal S. Mohan Rao said. Similarly, all 145 students from Sishu Vidya Mandir, Ramhari Nagar, passed the exam this year. Principal Shakti Prasad Bisoi said, "Five students scored A1, 42 , 44 , 34 and 20 students secured C grade." The school has been achieving 100 per cent results in HSC examinations since 2002. Sishu Vidya Mandir, Goshaninuagan, also upheld its 23-year streak of perfect results. Principal Narayan Panda said, "All 106 students who appeared this year passed. Nine students got A1, 32 achieved A2, 29 received B1, and 27 earned B2 grades. Seven students secured C grades and two received D grades."