Summary:
The high court bar association and courts across the state have been on cease-work since the incident. The next day, a police vehicle parked near Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) office was also torched during a protest by lawyers association against the incident. The Choudwar circle jail here has a capacity to accommodate 800 prisoners but on Monday at least 1,149 prisoners were present in the jail. Due to the cease-work, the high court and lower courts in Cuttack are not functioning and the undertrial prisoners are not able to move their bail applications.As a result of which the Choudwar circle jail is now overcrowded with prisoners. But since last one month, not a single prisoner has walked out of the jail due to the lawyer’s cease-work,” said superintendent of Choudwar circle jail, R N Swain.Similar is the condition in the jails of Kendrapada district..