INDIA. ORISSA HIGH COURT ORDERS RETRIAL IN DEATH PENALTY CASE
the Orissa High Court, India, quashed the death sentence awarded to Khageswar Behera
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the Orissa High Court, India, quashed the death sentence awarded to Khageswar Behera for the murder of his wife and children in June 2002 and ordered a retrial in the case due to ‘erroneous framing of charges’.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Statesman News Service, 27/01/2006)
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