Retired ACP Suryaguttu Subhaschandra passes away in Mangaluru
Belthangady: Suryaguttu Subhaschandra (70), a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) and trustee of the Sri Sadashiva Rudra Temple, breathed his last in a private hospital in Mangaluru at around 2:30 am on Wednesday. Subhaschandra had been battling health issues for some time.
Survived by his wife, son, and brother Dr. S Satishchandra, who holds the position of General Secretary at the SDM Group of Education Society, Subhaschandra had a distinguished career in law enforcement. He began his journey as a sub-inspector in 1979 and served in various locations, including Bengaluru, Madikeri, Karwar, Udupi, Mangaluru, Belthangady, and Puttur.
Recognizing his exemplary service, Subhaschandra was honored with the Chief Minister's Police Medal in 2008. He also made significant contributions to international peacekeeping efforts, serving as a member of the United Nations team in Kosovo for one year.
The cremation rites of Subhaschandra were conducted at his native village, Suryaguttu, at 12 noon on Wednesday.
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Court can reject anticipatory bail but cannot direct accused to surrender: SC
New Delhi (PTI): A court can reject anticipatory bail of an accused but it has no jurisdiction to direct him to surrender before the trial court, the Supreme Court has said.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan made the observation while hearing a plea filed by a man accused of cheating and forgery.
"If the court wants to reject the anticipatory bail, it may do so, but the court has no jurisdiction to say that the petitioner should now surrender," the bench said.
The Jharkhand High Court had rejected anticipatory bail plea of the accused and asked him to surrender and seek regular bail.
In this case, a complaint had been filed before a magistrate alleging offences under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using forged document) and 120B read with 34 of the IPC, in connection with a land dispute.
The high court had dismissed the second anticipatory bail application of the accused on the ground that no new circumstances were shown.
It had relied on its earlier order rejecting his first anticipatory bail plea, in which the court directed the petitioner to surrender before the trial court and seek regular bail in terms of the decision in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI.
The top court said such a direction was wholly without jurisdiction and said that if a court chooses to reject anticipatory bail, it may do so, but it cannot compel the accused to surrender.
