SC issues notice to K'taka govt for dropping charges of KCOCA against Gauri Lankesh murder accused
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Karnataka government for quashing charges under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act (KCOCA) against one of the accused in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh.
The Apex Court was hearing an appeal filed by filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh challenging the move to remove the KCOCA charges against the accused number 6 in the case Mohan Nayak.
In the plea, Kavitha had stated that Mohan Nayak in the last few months had moved to Karnataka HC for bail after charges against him under KCOCA were mysteriously dropped by the police
The bail hearing is completed and is pending in the High Court, the plea said.
A Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari, and Aniruddha Bose issued a notice in the matter to the Karnataka government and posted the case for further hearing on July 15.
Senior counsel Huzefa Ahmadi assisted by advocate Aparna Bhat represented the petitioner.
The Bench while issuing notice in the matter observed that the accused cannot be granted bail till the plea is heard and disposed of by the Supreme Court.
The order in challenge before the top court was delivered on April 22, 2021, by which the Karnataka High Court had quashed the order of Bengaluru Commissioner of Police passed in 2018 and the supplementary charge sheet filed thereafter.
Offences under Sections 3(1)(i), 3(2), 3(3) and 3(4) of the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act, 2000 (“KCOCA”) against Mohan Nayak were, thereby, dropped.
The appeal before the Supreme Court alleged that Nayak was actively involved in providing shelter to the killers prior to and after committing the offence.
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Gangolli Police arrest couple in house robbery case within seven hours
Gangolli: In an operation, the Gangolli police arrested a couple accused of a house robbery within seven hours of the incident.
The accused, identified as Vinayak (41) and his wife Pramila (30) from Gujjadi, were taken into custody following a coordinated investigation by the police team.
The robbery took place on the morning of January 21 when a bag containing jewelry was stolen from a house near Trasi Beach. Among the stolen items were a 16-gram gold necklace, a 16-gram bangle, and three gold rings weighing 3 grams, with the total value of the jewelry estimated at Rs 2 lakh. The culprits fled the scene on a scooty.
Following the registration of the case at the Gangolli police station, SSI Harish R. and a team comprising officers Shantaram, Raju, Nagaraj, Raghavendra, Sandeep Kurani, Maruti Nayak, and Dinesh swiftly gathered intelligence and tracked down the suspects by 8 p.m. on the same day. The stolen gold ornaments and the vehicle used in the crime have been recovered.
The accused were presented before the court, and further legal proceedings are underway.
