Three cops including PSI filed bail plea
Cattle trader Hussainabba death case
Udupi, June 5: All the three police personnel including Hiriyadka PSI who were under judicial custody in related to the suspicious death of cattle trader Hussainabba of Jokatte have moved the bail application in the Additional Civil Court here on Tuesday.
Head constable Mohan Kotval filed his application on June 4, against which, senior assistant public prosecutor Praveen Kumar RN objected.
After hearing the argument, judge VS Pandit postponed the verdict to June 6.
PSI DN Kumar and jeep driver Gopal also filed their applications for the bail. But the judge has given time to Praveen Kumar to file his objections on June 8. Counsels Shantaram Shetty and A Sanjeeva were present on the occasion.
All the three police personnel were booked under IPC Column 177, 201, 202, and 203 for destroying the evidences.
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Kerala: Court imposes 41-year jail term on man for sexual assault of minor
Kozhikode (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 41 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy near Valayam in 2021.
Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court judge K Naushad Ali sentenced 64-year-old Panchara Musa, also known as Ganapathiyat Musa, under various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to special public prosecutor Manoj Aroor.
As the sentences are to run concurrently, the convict will have to serve the highest term of 20 years’ imprisonment, SPP Aroor said. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 52,000 on Musa.
The incident took place in August 2021 when the accused allegedly took the 14-year-old boy to a bus stop in Valayam town and sexually assaulted him, the prosecutor said. The accused also gave Rs 50 to the boy, he added.
Following the incident, the boy and his father lodged a complaint at the Valayam police station.
A case under various provisions of the POCSO Act and the IPC was registered, and the accused was subsequently arrested, the SPP said.
The prosecution examined 16 witnesses and submitted 16 documents to substantiate its case against the accused, he added.
