Sabyasachi Panda who was undergoing jail term since 2014 on several charges of terror activities numbering about hundred twenty five cases of loot and his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of two Italian tourists in 2012 and murder of Swami Lakhmananand Saraswati in Kandhamal in 2008 , has been awarded life imprisonment under section 121 of the IPC. Panda was also charged with alleged acts of sedition. Representing Panda the defense counsel has told the media to appeal in the higher court. The sentence was awarded by the court of the ADJ-1 of Berhampur.
Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda slapped with life imprisonment by ADJ court
