Cuttack: Three persons were convicted while six others were acquitted by a court here in connection with the nun rape case in Odisha's Kandhamal district during the 2008 communal riots.

District Sessions Court Judge Gyana Ranjan Purohit held Mitua alias Santosh Patnaik guilty under section 376 (rape) of IPC, two other accused persons Gajendra Digal and Saroj Bahdei were convicted under section 354 (outraging modesty of a woman) of IPC.