Vartha Bharati is the voice of the voiceless classes: Former CM Siddaramaiah
Vartha Bharati's 16th annual issue released
Bengaluru, Dec 05: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah released the 16th annual special issue of Vartha Bharati at his residence Kaveri in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
"Vartha Bharati has become the voice for the voiceless classes of our society. It is doing this very important job very effectively. I want to congratulate the Vartha Bharati team for doing this commendable work. I am reading Vartha Bharati newspaper every day. In coming days, this daily should be able to reach everyone across the state;" Siddaramaiah wished.
Urban development, Housing and D.K district in-charge Minister UT Khader, Minority Welfare Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, MLA N. A. Haris, Bearys Group Chairman Syed Mohamed Beary, senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu, Majlis-e-Islah-e-Tanzeem Bhatkal President Mohammed Muzammil Khazia, Chief Editor of Varthabharati Abdussalam Puthige, Managing Director of Vishwas Bawa Builders Abdul Rauf Puthige, Bengaluru's Hamid Shah Trust Chairman GA Bava, Vartha Bharati Bengaluru Bureau Chief Basavaraj, senior reporters Prakash, Amjad and others participated.
Sanjeev Kumar and Dhanalakshmi , who were present as special guests representing readers received first copies of annual issue from Siddaramaiah.
" If there is a newspaper which all downtrodden sections of the society should embrace , it is undoubtedly Vartha Bharati. I am telling this from the bottom of my heart. The very fact that they have invited the readers representatives for this important event shows their commitment towards their readers."
- Sanjeev Kumar, Raichur
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Broken relationships don't automatically amount to abetment of suicide: SC
New Delhi (PTI): Broken relationships, while emotionally distressing, do not automatically amount to abetment of suicide in the absence of intention leading to the criminal offence, the Supreme Court on Friday said.
The observations came from a bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Ujjal Bhuyan in a judgement, which overturned the conviction of one Kamaruddin Dastagir Sanadi by the Karnataka High Court for the offences of cheating and abetment of suicide under the IPC.
"This is a case of a broken relationship, not criminal conduct," the judgment said.
Sanadi was initially charged under Sections 417 (cheating), 306 (abetment of suicide), and 376 (rape) of the IPC.
While the trial court acquitted him of all the charges, the Karnataka High Court, on the state's appeal, convicted him of cheating and abetment of suicide, sentencing him to five years imprisonment and imposing Rs 25,000 in fine.
According to the FIR registered at the mother's instance, her 21-year-old daughter was in love with the accused for the past eight years and died by suicide in August, 2007, after he refused to keep his promise to marry.
Writing a 17-page judgement, Justice Mithal analysed the two dying declarations of the woman and noted that neither was there any allegation of a physical relationship between the couple nor there was any intentional act leading to the suicide.
The judgement therefore underlined broken relationships were emotionally distressing, but did not automatically amount to criminal offences.
"Even in cases where the victim dies by suicide, which may be as a result of cruelty meted out to her, the courts have always held that discord and differences in domestic life are quite common in society and that the commission of such an offence largely depends upon the mental state of the victim," said the apex court.
The court further said, "Surely, until and unless some guilty intention on the part of the accused is established, it is ordinarily not possible to convict him for an offence under Section 306 IPC.”
The judgement said there was no evidence to suggest that the man instigated or provoked the woman to die by suicide and underscored a mere refusal to marry, even after a long relationship, did not constitute abetment.
