Puttur: RSS, BJP leader granted bail in rape case of minor Dalit girl
Puttur: The RSS, BJP leader Kudkadi Narayana Rai, who had recently been arrested under the POCSO and Dalit Violence (Prevention of Atrocities) Act - in the rape of a minor Dalit girl from Badagannur village, which resulted in her pregnancy and subsequent birthing of a child- was granted conditional bail by the fifth additional District sessions court in Puttur.
A case had been registered against Narayana Rai for repeatedly raping a Dalit girl who was working as a domestic help in his residence which resulted in her pregnancy and birthing a child. The police had filed a case against Narayana Rai based on a statement made by the victim to a judge. Amid this, the fifth additional District Sessions Court at Puttur has dismissed the application for the accused's anticipatory bail.
Earlier in the case, a relative of the victim named Satish had been arrested by police. He had also been sentenced to judicial custody.
But, Dalit organizations staged a protest in front of the Sampya police station demanding the arrest of Narayana Rai, the real accused in the case. Setting a deadline for the arrest of the accused, the protesters had issued a warning of laying siege outside the DYSP’s office.
Amid this, Narayana Rai had surrendered to the court on the background of legal complications in the Dalit Violence Prevention Act leading to the dismissal of his anticipatory bail.
Narayana Rai, who surrendered to the court, was taken into custody by the police for further proceedings. At the same time, he was admitted to the Puttur Government Hospital during police custody as his health deteriorated. Subsequently, the fifth additional District Sessions Court of Puttur had rejected the application for Narayana Rai's bail and sentenced him to judicial custody.
The police had filed an indictment in connection with the case after the accused Narayana Rai's bail application was dismissed. Receiving the second bail application seeking bail, the Fifth Additional District Sessions Court granted conditional bail to accused Narayana Rai.
Advocate Mahesh Kaje represented the accused and presented arguments on behalf of the accused, it is learned.
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Australia retains the Ashes with 2 tests to spare after a tense victory over England in Adelaide
Adelaide (AP): Australia retained the Ashes with two matches to spare after paceman Mitchell Starc took three of the last four wickets to blunt England's defiant comeback Sunday in a tense fifth-day finish to the third cricket test.
Australia started Day 5 needing four wickets to retain the Ashes, with England resuming at 6-207 and still 228 runs away from the victory target of 435 that would have required a world record to achieve.
“Feels pretty awesome,” Australia captain Pat Cummins said of the 82-run win at the Adelaide Oval. “We got it done.”
Cummins missed the first two tests while recovering from a back problem, with Steve Smith leading the team to two eight-wicket wins. Smith was ruled out of the third test about a half-hour before the toss because of vertigo.
“You can't really rush things here in Australia, it doesn't work that way,” Cummins said of the test going the distance. “It's a good old fashioned grind a lot of the time and, yeah, I love the toil from all the guys today.
“It got a little bit closer than I would have liked, but pretty happy.”
Tense Day 5
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Starc took the only wicket in the morning session — Jamie Smith running out of patience and caught by Cummins for 60 — as England piled on 102 runs.
England's rally had narrowed the Ashes equation at lunch on the last day: Australia needed three wickets to clinch the old urn in Adelaide and England needed 126 runs to keep the five-match series alive.
No team had scored more than West Indies' 418 (in a three-wicket win over Australia in 2003) in the fourth innings to win a test.
But England skipper Ben Stokes later said he felt like his team were “on for another heist” in the morning session and was confident of achieving a record total.
With England's lower-order doggedly mounting pressure and Australia's attack missing veteran spinner Nathan Lyon, who limped off the field with an injured hamstring, the leading bowler in the series delivered for the hosts.
Starc, who was voted player of the match in Australia's eight-wicket wins in Perth and Brisbane, took the wickets of Will Jacks (47) — spectacularly caught by Marnus Labuschagne, who dived from slip in front of the wicketkeeper — and Jofra Archer (3).
That left Scott Boland to finish it off. He dismissed Josh Tongue (1) and left Brydon Carse stranded on 39 as England was all out for 352.
Player of the match
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Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey was voted player of the match after posting a home ground hundred in the first innings, a half-century in the second innings in a 162-run stand with Travis Head, who top-scored with 170, and completing seven dismissals for the test.
England's out of contention
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England captain Ben Stokes said he was happier with the resilience shown by his team this week, despite ultimately surrendering the series in 11 days.
“This is going to hurt quite a bit,” Stokes said. “Obviously that dream that we came here with is now over, which is obviously incredibly disappointing.
“But look, we've got two more (tests) to go on and that's where the focus needs to switch to now.”
Injured Lyon
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A day after swinging the momentum back in Australia's favor with a three-wicket burst, veteran spinner Lyon hurt his right hamstring diving to cut off a boundary in the outfield and was ruled out of the remainder of the match. He got up and clutched the back of his right leg before walking off with a trainer when England was 249-6.
Long, long drought
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Domestic media noted Sunday that it had been 5,462 days since England last won a test match in Australia — dating back to January 2011.
Since then, the Australians have won the series Down Under 5-0, 4-0, 4-0 and are now 3-0.
Melbourne will host the Boxing Day test starting Dec. 26 and Sydney will host the fifth test in the New Year.
