‘Even Death Would Appear As An Alluring Option’: Orissa HC Upholds Conviction Of 6 Contractors For Abducting Labourers, Chopping Their Hands

The Orissa High Court has upheld the order of conviction handed down to six contractors for abducting two workers, forcing them to work for a number of days as bonded labourers and finally chopping their palms from the wrists.While denying relief to the accused-appellants, the Division Bench of Justices Bibhu Prasad Routray and Chittaranjan Dash held,“In the present, we are in seisin over...