Businessman Bhaskar Shetty murder: Accused attend court
Udupi: The hearing of the witnesses in the murder of businessman Bhaskar Shetty was began at the principal district and sessions court here on Monday with tight police security. All the three accused including Rajeshwari Shetty who were in Parappana Agrahara Jail in Bengaluru, were produced before the court during the hearing.
After day-long interrogation on July 6, the hearing was postponed to Monday. The hearing of then investigating officer and present Karwar ACB DySP SV Girish continued even today. Special public prosecutor Shantaram Shetty got the statements from Girish.
As the major hearing of Girish was completed monday, judge Venkatesh T Nayak allowed the cross examination of Girish on July 17. Advocates of the accused, Narayana Poojary, Arun Bangera and Vikram Hegde would continue their cross examination tomorrow. Sources said that in the beginning, Girish would be cross examined and if time permits, Bhaskar Shetty’s mother Gulabi Shedti would also be cross examined.
Accused produced before court
In the previous hearing the Judge ordered the police to produce the accused from the Parappana Agrahara jail before the court in the next hearing following a request from the advocates of the accused, all the three accused- Rajeshwari Shetty, Navaneeth Shetty and Niranjan Bhat were brought from Bengaluru Parappahana Agrahara jail on July 15 with tight police security and kept them at the Mangaluru jail. On Monday, they were brought to Udupi from Mangaluru jail and produced them before the court during hearing. At this time, accused in destroying witnesses Srinivas Bhat and Raghavendra were also present.
After the hearing, the accused were taken to the Mangalur jail. Till July 19, the accused would be taken from Mangaluru jail to Udupi court.
Journalists restricted
As the accused were producing before the court, the court complex was give police security and police restricted the journalists from entering the court hall. Metal detector was installed in the main entrance of the office of the principal district and sessions court judge in the first floor of the complex. Except the advocates, no others were allowed inside the court hall. Armed police were deputed outside and inside the court hall. Udupi ASP Kumarachandra, DySP Kumaraswamy and other police officers were present.
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BMW hit-and-run case: HC refuses to release accused Mihir Shah on ground of 'illegal' arrest
Mumbai (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to release Mihir Shah, the main accused in a BMW hit-and-run case, on the ground of "illegal" arrest.
Shah, the 24-year-old son of a former Shiv Sena leader, and his driver Rajrishi Bidawat had filed petitions in the HC claiming they have been illegally detained and sought immediate release.
Shah was arrested on July 9, two days after he allegedly rammed his BMW car into a two-wheeler in Mumbai's Worli area, killing 45-year-old woman Kaveri Nakhwa and leaving her husband Pradeep injured.
His driver Bidawat, who was also present in the car at the time of the accident, was arrested on the day of the incident.
As per their pleas, the police had not informed them the grounds of their arrest at the time, which they claimed was in violation of the law.
A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande on Monday dismissed the petitions.
"Both the petitions are dismissed," the court said.
The duo sought their release, claiming any further detention would be in utter violation of the constitutional mandate and a failure to comply with Section 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Under this section, the police, while arresting a person, have to communicate to him/her full particulars of the offence for which he/she is being arrested or other grounds for such arrest.
Both Shah and Bidawat are presently in judicial custody.
In their habeas corpus (produce the person) petitions filed in the HC in August, Shah and Bidawat claimed their detention was illegal and sought that they be released immediately.
Shah, in the plea, sought quashing of the orders passed by a local court remanding him first in police custody and then judicial custody.
He also sought for his arrest to be declared as illegal.
Shah is accused of speeding off towards the Bandra Worli Sea Link after the accident, even as the woman remained on the bonnet of the car and then got entangled in its wheels, for a distance of more than 1.5 kilometres.
As per police, Shah, who fled from the scene, was under the influence of alcohol at the time.
Mihir Shah's father and former Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah had also been arrested in the case, but was later granted bail.
