Assault case: Two sentenced 26 days jail
Mangalore, May 26: District and sessions court sentenced 26 days jail and Rs. 10000 fine for each in connection with assault case in Peribail beach in Someshwar village here on January 12 last year.
Gururaj (25) and John Baptist (22) both residents of Saraswati Nagar in Dwaraka, Someshwar are the convicts.
The court has instructed the convicts to spend three more months in jail failing to pay the fine.
Judge K.S Bilagi has also said that the half of the amount of the fine should be paid to the victim as compensation.
Muhammad Iqbal who was playing volleyball in Peribail was speaking to one Mansoor. Gururaj and John Baptist came to the spot in two bikes and started abusing Iqbal. They then hit Iqbal with iron rod with the intention to kill him.
As Iqbal screamed for help and locals rushed for help the attackers fled from the spot.
Assault and attempt to murder was filed in Ullal police station. Due to lack of evidence the accused were acquitted in attempt to murder case.
The SI of Ullal police station Rajendra had investigated the case and submitted the chargesheet.
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Man held with Rs 6.23 lakh drugs in Palghar
Palghar (PTI): Police have arrested a man after seizing drugs valued at Rs 6.23 lakh from his possession in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said on Sunday.
Based on intelligence inputs, the police conducted a raid at Dhaniv Bagh in the Nalasopara area on December 4 and apprehended the man.
During a search, they recovered brown sugar valued at Rs 6 lakh and Nitrazepam (a psychotropic drug) tablets costing Rs 23,628 from his possession, a police release said.
The accused, identified as Salim Bagion alias Sardar Chacha (40), was arrested and booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the release said.
The accused is a habitual offender. He has 12 previous cases registered against him, including three under the NDPS Act, the police said.
