Balasore ITR espionage case: 3 charges dropped against accused persons

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Balasore: In the espionage case of ITR in Chandipur of Balasore district in Odisha the Additional District Judge has dropped 3 charges slapped against the accused persons on Thursday that had been framed under sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Official Secret Act due to unavailability of certain documents.

As per reports, in the said espionage case complaint had been registered under sections 120 B, 121 A and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Permission of the Central government is needed to slap the Official Secret Act. However, as during filing of the charge sheet prosecution sanction order had not been filed for which the three sections were dropped.

In September 2021 Odisha Police had arrested five persons on charges of leaking classified defence secrets to foreign agents.

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