Luggage of nearly 90 passengers arriving to Mangaluru from Dubai goes “missing” at airport
Mangaluru: Nearly 90 passengers on Tuesday who arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport from Dubai complaint that their luggage was “missing” on arrival
The passengers who arrived on the SpiceJet flight were later told by the airline that their luggage would arrive after a couple of days through cargo and would be delivered to their homes. They were asked to fill out forms and addresses at the airline counter at the Mangaluru airport.
The passengers however have denied being informed of any such arrangements in advance. “We were told about this only after arriving at the Mangaluru Airport.” One of the passengers who were on the flight told Vartha Bharati.
“The flight was scheduled to take off from Dubai at 4:20 pm local time but it took off three hours after the scheduled time. We were made to wait on the flight for nearly two hours before taking off. There were 180 passengers on the flight and only 90 of them got their luggage loaded on the flight while the luggage of others was not loaded and instead were told that they would get their luggage after 2-3 days.” Syed Shadab a Bhatkal resident who was also on the flight said.
For Shadab however, this was not the first time an incident like this had happened. Shadab alleged that the airline gave him a similar shocker about 15 days back at the Mumbai airport. His luggage was not loaded on the flight and was sent through cargo.
The passengers after arriving at the Mangaluru Airport protested against the airline for loading their luggage in cargo despite taking complete charges and ticket fares that include luggage charges. Several also claimed that their luggage had edible and perishable items which would be of no use if it arrives 2-3 days after it was loaded. They also demanded a refund for their ticket prices, but to no avail.
Vartha Bharati tried to contact the airline for an official comment regarding the issue but did not receive any response from the airline. The story will be updated as and when we get a response from SpiceJet.
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Broken relationships don't automatically amount to abetment of suicide: SC
New Delhi (PTI): Broken relationships, while emotionally distressing, do not automatically amount to abetment of suicide in the absence of intention leading to the criminal offence, the Supreme Court on Friday said.
The observations came from a bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Ujjal Bhuyan in a judgement, which overturned the conviction of one Kamaruddin Dastagir Sanadi by the Karnataka High Court for the offences of cheating and abetment of suicide under the IPC.
"This is a case of a broken relationship, not criminal conduct," the judgment said.
Sanadi was initially charged under Sections 417 (cheating), 306 (abetment of suicide), and 376 (rape) of the IPC.
While the trial court acquitted him of all the charges, the Karnataka High Court, on the state's appeal, convicted him of cheating and abetment of suicide, sentencing him to five years imprisonment and imposing Rs 25,000 in fine.
According to the FIR registered at the mother's instance, her 21-year-old daughter was in love with the accused for the past eight years and died by suicide in August, 2007, after he refused to keep his promise to marry.
Writing a 17-page judgement, Justice Mithal analysed the two dying declarations of the woman and noted that neither was there any allegation of a physical relationship between the couple nor there was any intentional act leading to the suicide.
The judgement therefore underlined broken relationships were emotionally distressing, but did not automatically amount to criminal offences.
"Even in cases where the victim dies by suicide, which may be as a result of cruelty meted out to her, the courts have always held that discord and differences in domestic life are quite common in society and that the commission of such an offence largely depends upon the mental state of the victim," said the apex court.
The court further said, "Surely, until and unless some guilty intention on the part of the accused is established, it is ordinarily not possible to convict him for an offence under Section 306 IPC.”
The judgement said there was no evidence to suggest that the man instigated or provoked the woman to die by suicide and underscored a mere refusal to marry, even after a long relationship, did not constitute abetment.
