Bhubaneswar: 2 persons sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping man

Bhubaneswar, Sep 10 (PTI) Two persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Bhubaneswar for kidnapping a man.

Additional Sessions Judge Himanshu Sekhar Mallik also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the two convicts, Raghunatha Moharana and Kalu Charan Moharana.

They were held guilty under IPC sections 364 A (kidnapping for ransom) and were sentenced to life imprisonment.

The duo abducted one Rabindra Kumar Barik from the Pokhariput area on June 1, 2015. They demanded a ransom of Rs 10 lakh from his family.

Barik's father registered an FIR at the Airfield police station. He was rescued the next day, and the convicts were arrested. PTI BBM BBM SOM