Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Thursday rejected the bail petitions of six accused in the Mahanga double murder case. A single-judge bench led by Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra rejected the regular bail applications of Kailash Chandra Khatua, Malay Kumar Barik, Bhikari Charan Swain, Khitish Kumar Acharya, Chaitanya Sethi and Arabinda Khatua, accused in the murder of Kulamani Baral and Dibyasingha Baral.
Kulamani Baral, a former Chairman of Mahanga Block and his associate Dibyasingha Baral were brutally murdered on January 2, 2021. The bail applications were opposed by the lawyer of Ramakant Baral, son of the deceased (Kulamani). The accused had moved the High Court after the District and Sessions Court rejected their bail.
