Having ‘Lived a Socially Respectable Life,’ Sentence of Septuagenarian Convicted in 1998 for Outraging Modesty of SC Woman Reduced: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court at Cuttack delivered its judgment on 14 October 2025 in CRA No.79 of 1998, where G. Krutibasa Patra @ Gudla Krutibas Patra was the appellant and the State of Odisha was the respondent. The appeal was filed under Section 374(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 against the judgment and order dated 27 March 1998 passed by the Special Judge, Koraput at Jeypore in T.R. Case…