Youth convicted for cheating woman
Mangaluru, May 3: The 6th additional district and sessions court has convicted a youth on charges of cheating a woman after promising her to marry her and threatening her, here on Thursday.
The convicted is identified as Santosh (25) of Koiyur Hadeelu in Belthangadi taluk. He was working as a coordinator at Spandana Santwana Centre. After hearing the argument, justice DT Puttarangaswamy sentenced Santosh to eight months imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 and asked the convicted to give Rs 90,000 as compensation to the victim.
After introducing to a woman at a marriage party, they were in touch with each other through mobile. He had asked the woman to Belthangadi promising her to introduce her to his family on July 27, 2013. Santosh was working in night shift in the rehabilitation centre. He had taken her to film in the evening. Later, he had taken her to the rehabilitation centre after misleading her that there was no bus facility during night. In rehabilitation centre, he raped her. But as he did not take her to his home, she returned to her home. On January 11, 2014, once again he had invited her to rehabilitation centre and raped her again promising her of marrying her, it was alleged.
When she forced him to marry her, he had rejected her request and threatened her of killing her. After knowing the intension of Santosh, she had complained against him to rehabilitation centre head on March 29, 2014. But the rehabilitation head counseled them and made Santosh to marry her. But later, he did not agree. Against this, the girl lodged a complaint at Belthangadi police station on July 13, 2014. The police also convinced him to marry her and he had promised of marrying her after engagement on July 13. Later, he has postponed the marriage saying that his brother is in abroad and he would marry her after he came to India. Following this, the girl once again lodged a complaint against him alleging rape, cheating, life threat on December 29, 2015. On the next day, the police arrested Santosh.
Then sub-inspector B Lingappa filed the charge sheet against Santosh in the court. After hearing the argument, the judge convicted Santosh for eight month imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 and additional Rs 90,000 as compensation to the girl. If he failed, the convicted has to undergo two more months imprisonment. Public prosecutor Judith OM Crasta argued in favour of the victim.
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K’taka HC judge whose controversial remarks triggered controversy expresses regret before open court
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court judge, Justice V Srishananda, on Saturday expressed regret in open court after facing backlash over his controversial remarks in his recent court hearings, reported Bar and Bench.
Two purported video clips from Justice V Srishananda’s court hearing that show him making inappropriate comments went viral across social media platforms.
On Saturday, Justice Srishananda invited members of the Advocates Association, Bengaluru, and senior lawyers to his courtroom at 2:30 PM, where he read out a note expressing regret for inappropriate comments.
Quoting Advocates Association President Vivek Subba Reddy, Bar and Bench wrote, “He expressed regret for the comments and clarified that it was not his intention to offend any community or members of the Bar. He also requested the association to relay this message to all members of the Bar.”
Reddy further stated, “We also advised him to encourage young lawyers in the courtroom and refrain from making any irrelevant remarks during hearings.”
Another senior lawyer present during the session confirmed to the legal news portal that Justice Srishananda also addressed comments directed at a woman lawyer, who was seen in one of the videos being reprimanded by the judge. The judge Justice Srishananda clarified that his remarks were not intended to target her (woman lawyer) specifically, but rather pertained to the appellant she was representing. “He explained that his comment was meant to imply that the appellant seemed to know a lot about the other party,” said the lawyer.
In addition, Justice Srishananda assured those present that he would avoid making such comments in the future.
The controversy came to light on September 19, when a video clip from an August 28 Court hearing surfaced on social media, showing Justice Srishananda referring to a Muslim-majority sub-locality in Bengaluru’s Goripalya as "Pakistan." Hours later, another video from the same courtroom emerged, in which the judge was seen making a gender-insensitive remark.
Following outrage over the viral videos, a Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant, and Hrishikesh Roy, on September 20 took a suo motu cognizance and sought a report from the Karnataka High Court Registrar General in connection with the viral video.
