Serial killer ‘Cyanide Mohan’ gets life term untill death in seventh case
Mangaluru, Feb 23: The 6th additional district principal and sessions court on Saturday convicted serial killer Cyanide Mohan for life imprisonment untill death.
Date Of conviction
Under IPC Section 366, he has to undergo six years of imprisonment and pay Rs 3,000 penalty and if he failed to pay the penalty, he has to undergo further one month imprisonment. Under IPC Section 302, he was convicted for life imprisonment, under Section 376, seven years rigorous imprisonment and Rs 3,000 penalty, and if failed to pay the penalty, he has to serve one more month conviction. Under section 328, seven years imprisonment and Rs 3,000 penalty, under section 201, five years rigorous imprisonment and Rs 3,000 penalty, under section 392, five years rigorous imprisonment and Rs 3,000 penalty and under section 417 he has to undergo six months imprisonment. The court also said that the family members of the victim are eligible to get the compensation from the legal authority.
About incident
Mohan met a 25 year old lady of Mani gram Panchayat at Wenlock hospital saying that his name was Sadananda Nayak. Later, he proposed her to marry him and asked her to come to Puttur bus stand on January 2, 2008 wearing gold ornaments. When she came, they went to Madikeri and got a room at a lodge in the name of Ananda Nayak. In spite her opposition, he raped her on that night.
Plan for murder
Asking her to keep all her jewelry and money at room to go out, he took her to Madikeri bus stand and later, he forced her to take contraceptive pills in the form of cyanide. She went to a washroom at the bus stand and took the cyanide and collapsed there itself. Later, Mohan went to lodge and escaped after taking all gold ornaments and cash of her. Though she was taken to the hospital, she was declared brought dead. The case was handed over to COD which filed charge sheet to the court.
Judge DT Puttaranga Swamy heard the evidences of 40 people, verified 64 documents and considered 38 evidences before awarding the verdict. Now, the convicted could not go on parole. Public prosecutor Judith M Crasta argued against the convicted.
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BMC turning blind eye to air pollution issue, says HC; questions nod for over 125 projects in city
Mumbai (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Wednesday castigated the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for turning a "blind eye" towards the issue of air pollution in the city and for "not doing anything" to mitigate the problem.
A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad also questioned as to how the BMC has granted sanction to over 125 construction projects over Rs 1,000 crore in a small city like Mumbai, stating that the situation has now gone beyond the civic body's control.
The court had warned the BMC that it would pass orders restraining it from granting any further permissions for construction if the air pollution situation persists in the city.
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"How can 125 projects worth more than Rs 1,000 crore be sanctioned in such a small city? That is a lot. Now the situation has gone beyond your (BMC) control. Now you are not able to manage things," HC said.
The court urged the BMC to strengthen its mechanism in such a way that the measures are preventive in nature and not remedial.
The court was hearing a bunch of petitions raising concerns over the deteriorating air quality index in the city.
"The BMC is not doing anything. Even the minimal requirement is not being done. You (BMC) don't have anything in place. There is no implementation plan," the court said.
The civic body has not applied its mind at all, it added.
"The BMC is not working at all. There is no monitoring. The BMC has turned a blind eye to the issue," the HC said, adding the measures taken have to be preventive and not remedial.
The court noted that despite having wide powers, the BMC was not doing anything.
The high court was also irked with the 91 squads of the BMC not conducting inspections at construction sites.
Senior counsel S U Kamdar, appearing for BMC, said on Tuesday 39 sites were visited. The officers of the other squads are busy with election duty, he said.
The bench then said election duty cannot be an excuse.
"You (BMC) can always make an application to the election commission seeking exemption," it said.
Kamdar told the bench that AQI on Wednesday was at 88 which is considered satisfactory. The situation last year was worse, he said.
The bench, however, said simply saying pollution has decreased does not mean the BMC was working.
When the court questioned what the corporation proposed to do in the next two weeks, BMC commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, who was present in the court, said the squads would inspect a minimum of two construction sites per day and take necessary action.
The bench said the squads should be provided with button cameras and GPS devices.
The bench posted the matter for further hearing on January 20.
