HC grants bail to Murugha Mutt ex-admin S K Basavaraj
Bengaluru (PTI): Former MLA and ex-administrator of Murugha Math, S K Basavarajan, who is in custody under charges of criminal conspiracy against the math's pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, has been granted conditional bail by the Karnataka High Court.
Sharanaru is himself in judicial custody since September 1 on charges of sexual assault against two minor girls.
Basavarajan's criminal petition was heard by the vacation bench of Justice S Rachaiah on Thursday.
Senior advocate Hasmath Pasha, arguing for Basavarajan, submitted that the allegations against him were politically motivated. He argued that the allegation against Basavarajan was a counter complaint following the arrest of Sharanaru under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Basavarajan was in illegal custody as the alleged offences against him has not even taken place, the court was informed.
The former legislator has been accused of criminal conspiracy, extortion, cheating and procuration of minor girl. After Sharanaru's arrest, Basavaprabhu the in-charge of the math filed a false complaint.
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Five achievers to be conferred with Social Welfare Dept’s ‘Dr. Ambedkar Award’ on April 14
Bengaluru: The Social Welfare Department has announced the names of the five achievers who will be conferred with the ‘Dr. BR Ambedkar Award’ for this year.
The selection committee members decided on the awardees during a meeting held on March 27.
The list of awardees is as follows:
* Mangaluru Vijay (Organized struggle/Literature)
* CM Muniyappa (Organized struggle/Journalism)
* HN Annayya (Organized struggle)
* Hanumantha Rao Doddamani (Literature/Organization)
* Shobha Gasti (Liberation of Devadasis)
The awardees will be felicitated and conferred with the award by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a programme to be held on Tuesday, April 14 at the Banquet Hall of the Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti.
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