Cuttack: The JMFC court in Salipur on Monday transfered the Mahanga double murder case against MLA Pratap Kumar Jena to the court of Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-special Court in Bhubaneswar.
The court in its order stated “On further perusal of the case record it Is found that the accused namely Pratap Kumar Jena is an M.L.A. of Mahanga constituency. Hence the case record be transferred to the court of Addl. District & Sessions Judge-cum-special Court, Bhubaneswar for disposal in accordance to law”.
The court perused the protest petition, statement of complainant and witness recorded under section 200 Cr.P.C and 202 Cr.P.C respectively and other available materials on record and found that a prima facie case punishable for the offences under section 302/506/120-B of the IPC is made out against Jena.
