Final report on Belagavi disrobing incident by month-end: K'taka govt tells HC
Bengaluru, Jan 17: The state government on Wednesday informed the High Court of Karnataka that the police have completed their investigation into the incident where a woman was disrobed and beaten by villagers after her son eloped with a girl.
The final report would be submitted by the end of this month, the division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit were informed.
The bench is hearing on its own petition, which the court had taken cognizance of on December 12 based on news reports.
The incident took place in a village in Hukkeri taluk, where a woman was paraded naked, tied to a pole and beaten up by villagers.
On Wednesday, Additional Advocate General, Prathima Honnapura filed a memo stating the investigation has been completed.
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The memo stated that the statements of all the witnesses and the accused had been recorded and the accused had been arrested. It further said that the forensic report is awaited and the final report would be submitted to the HC before the end of the month.
The memo listed the measures undertaken for the safety of the victim by the local police, KSRP and armed police.
It further stated that the compensation announced by the state government has been handed over to the victim.
The Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Schedule Tribes Development Corporation had allotted 2 acres 3 guntas of land to the victim. But the victim sought land close to her village and therefore officials are on the search for alternate land, the memo said.
Recording these submissions, the bench adjourned the hearing.
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UP man gets life term for electrocuting mentally challenged wife to death in Bareilly
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A local court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his mentally challenged wife by repeatedly electrocuting her while she was tied to a cot, lawyers said on Thursday.
Additional district government counsel Harendra Singh Rathore said Additional Sessions Judge Avinash Kumar Singh on Wednesday convicted Vinod Kumar (45) for killing his wife, Satyavati, in Chaina village of Bareilly district and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on him.
According to the prosecution, he was allegedly frustrated with his wife Satyavati's mental illness and often assaulted her.
Rathore said the prosecution examined nine witnesses to establish the charges against him.
As per court records, on the night of May 1-2, 2022, when Satyavati was asleep, Vinod tied her hands and legs to a cot using ropes and then connected an aluminium cable to an electric board to repeatedly administer electric shocks to her.
"She writhed in pain, but the accused continued to electrocute her until she died," the prosecution said.
The court observed that the murder was carried out in an inhuman manner.
After committing the crime, the accused threw the rope and cable on the roof and left for work at a brick kiln around 2 am to create a false alibi.
He later tried to mislead the police and the victim's family by claiming that Satyavati, whose mental condition was unstable, had accidentally died by suicide after grabbing a live electric wire.
However, the victim's brother, Sanjeev, a resident of Shahjahanpur district, suspected foul play and lodged an FIR under sections 498A (husband subjecting wife to cruelty) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code at Nawabganj police station.
During the trial, the prosecution relied on the post-mortem report prepared by Dr Faraz Anwar, who stated that multiple electrocution marks found on different parts of the victim's body could not have been self-inflicted.
The police also recovered the rope and electric wire used in the crime on the accused's identification, officials said.
