Why don’t we handover this case to CBI, HS asks state govt
Sangeeta death case in Bidadi Dhyanapeeta
Bengaluru, May 29: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday asked the state government why don’t the case of suspected death of Sangeeta at Nityananda Ashram of Bidadi Dhyanapeeta be handed over to CBI enquiry.
High Court Single Bench Judge Justice Aravind Kumar heard the writ petition filed by Sangeeta’s mother Jhansi Rani and asked Additional Advocate General AS Ponnanna as to why you have not yet filed FIR about this case.
Responding to this, Ponnanna said that the expert doctors of Pathology department of the Victoria Hospital have certified the postmortem and FSL report. Before her death, she sustained no injuries on her body. So, there is no question of suspecting the death, he said.
But Justice Aravind Kumar said that prima facie, Sangeeta’s death is suspicious. So, why should not we handover this case to CBI enquiry, he asked.
Later, the further hearing of the case was postponed to June 11. Advocate P Prasanna Kumar argued in favour of CBI.
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Karnataka Assembly passes Social Boycott Prevention Bill
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): The Karnataka Assembly on Thursday passed the Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill unanimously.
The bill was introduced in the House by the Social Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa on December 12.
The bill defines social boycott as a gesture or an act, whether oral or written, of any social discrimination between the members of the community.
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The bill proposes three years of imprisonment and a fine extending up to Rs 1 lakh. It also prohibits people from gathering, assembling, or congregating at any time and at any place with the view or intention to deliberate on the issue of imposing social boycott on any member of the community. It prohibits gathering to impose social boycott.
The bill also says that if the accused is convicted, the court should hear the victim on the quantum of sentence and then only pass the sentence.
During the discussion, Mahadevappa termed the bill historic and said the aim of the bill is to bring equality in society and to protect backward people from further getting marginalised through social boycott.
The BJP and the JD(S) MLAs welcomed the bill.
