Conviction Hindu and Hindu-derived contexts Odisha, India · 2019

India: 'Tarini Baba', a tantrik, convicted of abducting, raping and trafficking a girl whose family trusted his rituals

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Appellate history

Upheld without modification (Jail Crl. Appeal No. 60/2019, Orissa HC).

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Convicted

Authority role

self-styled tantrik and spiritual practitioner trusted by the victim's family

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The tantrik's ritual authority over the household is what opened the door: the family trusted him as a spiritual guide, and that trust delivered their daughter into his control.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Ritual, oath, or initiation

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Proceedings

2019-01-01 · conviction; upheld on appeal

Odisha trial court; Orissa High Court (Jail Criminal Appeal No. 60 of 2019). Madhusudan Das, styling himself 'Tarini Baba', won a family's trust through rituals and claimed paranormal powers, then abducted their sixteen-to-seventeen-year-old daughter, transported her across three states, raped her repeatedly and sold her. He was convicted under IPC sections 366, 376(2)(n), 370-A and 506, drawing concurrent terms of up to ten years' rigorous imprisonment, and the Orissa High Court upheld the conviction without modification in Jail Criminal Appeal No. 60 of 2019.

Documented coercion mechanisms

ritual performances that won the family's trust and access to the household
abduction and interstate transport of the girl

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legal news court reporting appellate judgment report 'Orissa High Court Upholds Conviction of Tantrik in Rape and Trafficking Case' (Madhusudan Das v. State of Odisha, Jail Crl. Appeal No. 60/2019).: Legal-news summary of the High Court judgment, with statute-level detail.

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Source and tier basis: https://thelegalaffair.com/news/orissa-high-court-upholds-conviction-of-tantrik-in-rape-and-trafficking-case/ Corpus classification: legal-news-court-reporting; evidentiary role: appellate-judgment-report. SHA-256 2de077f8f8f18c4ec3aa38d2e9a889a3f1e9c201317369df63ce79defbf95083
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