Treason case against Sabyasachi challenged in court

BRAHMAPUR: Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda on Monday filed a petition in the court of Additional District Judge-II, Brahmapur challenging treason case framed by the police and allowed by the State Government against him.

Panda’s lawyer Deepak Patnaik had filed the petition in the court. In the petition, the lawyer said the police had framed the treason case on the basis of a case (GR case no-809/2011) lodged in 2011. The police had framed the charge in its chargesheet against Panda filed in January this year, he said.

Patnaik said the State Government had gotten permission from the Centre in 2012 to frame treason case against Panda. But the case was lodged much before the State Government’s move to bring permission from the Centre on the issue. “So he can’t be charged with treason case,” he added.

The court received the petition and would hear the case on July 16.