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Pramesh Jain

A notorious rowdy from Bengaluru south who is under the radar of the police and on the run surrendered before the 31st Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court on Wednesday.

Senior officer told media persons,The accused Raghavendra alias Bakery Raghu aged around 36 years gave a slip to police and was absconding when a massive crackdown took place on rowdy-sheeters houses by the Bengaluru city police across city in a single day 8 Division DCPs and their team conducted a surprise raid.

Raghu is a Rowdy sheeter in Hanumanthangar police station and is a close associate of Cycle Ravi was on the run since a gang belonging to his arch rival Kulla Rizwan attacked him near Gunasheela hospital in April this year when he had come to see his new born child.

Raghu managed to escape and was on the run.  While on one hand the south division police have intensified crackdown operations on the rowdy element and on the other hand rival gangs are given supari to eliminate him,Raghu had not option but to surrender.

One case against bakery raghu. Kengeri ps sir. Cr 257/2009 u/s 302 201.One case in byatarayanapura ps cr no 140/13 u/s 399 402.

He was wanted in 8 year old case of Byatarayanapura.Case was of attempt to dacoity.
He was on the run after teams from south div and west were on the hot pursuit in the pending cases.It was pending trial in 31 st ACMM.The accused has been remanded to judicial custody by the court he added.

Pramesh Jain

Surprise check by CCB on Foreigners,65 house raided,38 foreigners booked without valid documents, including 4 drug peddlers arrested,90 Ecstasy pills and 25 grams Marijuana Seized,

A Major crackdown as Surprise checks conducted by Central Crime Branch (CCB) officials on 65 houses on Thursday in the area as, Banaswadi,Hennur,KG Halli,Govindapura, Ramamurthynagar,DJ Halli, Yelahanka and other areas.

Senior officer told media persons,A team consisting of six assistant commissioners of police (ACPs),20 police inspectors (PIs),100 head constables and police constables conducted the search from the early hours till afternoon.

During the raid four were arrested two cases were booked under the NDPS Act after the CCB officials recovered 90 ecstasy pills and 25 grams of marijuana from two Nigerian nationals.Twenty have been arrested under the Foreigners Act,

It was found that most of the foreign nationals among the 38 are from African countries.A few among them don’t have passports and visa,while a few others foreign nationals’ visa has got expired,officials said,adding that they have come to India on tourist,business and student visas.

The police are questioning all 38 persons about their purpose of stay,and if they have applied for renewal of visa and their present activities in the city will be verified and If they fail to produce required documents they will be arrested under Foreigners Act.

The search was conducted because the accused persons caught in drug peddling cases did not produce the valid documents for their stay in Bengaluru.

However,many of the foreigners told the police on thursday that Panic gripped among the African nationals during the police raid and search operations.

Many of them said that they were with expired travel document is not deliberately or with malicious intentions,but due to the pandemic, because of which they could not update situation as the reason for not updating their travel documents.

Some of them said that they could not go back as the flights have been cancelled while others cited higher air fares.

The police could have issued us a notice to question us.Carrying out such search operations publicly puts us in bad light,some of the foreigners said African members added.

Cases registered so far in morning raids,38 people found without valid documents.2 NDPS cases,4 accused drug peddlers arrested and 4 Foreigners act cases,20 accused booked for over staying without any valid documents he added.

Commissioner of police Kamal Pant said by tweeting,A special drive was conducted this morning against overstaying foreign nationals by the @CCBangalore.

Over 60 houses were checked and 38 foreigners were found to be staying without a valid passport & visa.The team also found narcotic substances (90 ecstacy pills & cannabis) during the searches.

A case has been registered under the Foreigners Act and NDPS Act. Further investigation is underway he tweeted.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1 KP Ravikumar,Crime-2 BS Angadi,and his team as ACPs,PIs,and around 100 head constable and constables who were part of this massive crackdown on Foreigners who are staying illegally and are involved in illegal activities and for the exemplary work done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

A 50-year old RTI activist attacked by bike borne miscreants gang who were armed with lethal weapons when a RTI activist was walking near his farm attack took place near Tavarekere police station.

Armed gang attacked a 50-year-old RTI activist and chopped off his right leg near his farm in Taverekere Ramanagar on Thursday.

Senior officer told media persons,The incident occurred at around 11.30 am when Venkatesh was walking near his farm. The assailant came in bikes and attacked him with lethal weapons,as a result his right leg severed and he sustained deep cut injuries on his right hand when he tried to resist the attack. 

The assailant sped away leaving Venkatesh in a pool of blood  before passers-by rushed to his help.Venkatesh was rushed to a near-by hospital where he is being treated at the ICU.

Doctors said that Venkatesh is said to be out of danger.Doctors have subjected him for surgery.Venkatesh was very actively filing RTI’s in all the government projects and had filed many cases related to corruption.Many projects have been stopped because of his complaints.

It is suspected that the attack was an act of taking revenge against him.We have taken up the case of attempt to murder and are investigating the case in all possible angle.We have also got clues about attackers and are making efforts to nab them, said an investigating officer.

Three special teams has been formed by SP Ramanagar,Girish S, to nab the assailants and we will nab them soon as we have got clues about the attackers he added.

New Delhi: The criminal law including the anti-terror legislation should not be misused for quelling dissent or harassment of citizens, Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud has said while underlining the role of the apex court in protecting fundamental rights in challenging times.

Observing that the Indian Supreme Court plays the role of a counter-majoritarian institution , Justice Chandrachud said it is the duty of the top court to protect the rights of socio-economic minorities .

The Supreme Court has to act in furtherance of its role as sentinel on the qui vive (watchful guardian) and respond to the call of Constitutional conscience and it is this role that prompts it to address the challenges of the 21st century, ranging from the pandemic to the rise of intolerance, features which we find across the world, he said, adding that some termed interventions as judicial activism or judicial overreach .

Justice Chandrachud made these comments on Monday while speaking on the “Role of the Supreme Court in protecting fundamental rights in challenging times at a conference hosted by the American Bar Association with the Society of Indian Law Firms and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

He referred to the apex court’s orders on decongestion of jails during the COVID pandemic and said that while it is important that prisons are de-congested because they are highly susceptible to becoming hotspots for the virus, but it is equally important to examine why they are congested in the first place.

Referring to his judgement in the Arnab Goswami case, Justice Chandrachud said: The criminal law, including anti-terror legislation should not be misused for quelling dissent or for the harassment of citizens.

As I noted in Arnab Goswami vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors, ‘our courts must ensure that they continue to remain the first line of defense against the deprivation of the liberty of citizens. Deprivation of liberty even for a single day is one too many. We must always be mindful of the deeper systemic implications of our decisions, he said.

He said the role of the Indian Supreme Court and its involvement in aspects affecting the daily lives of the population of India cannot be understated.

While being acutely aware of this responsibility, the judges of the Supreme Court of India are careful to maintaining the separation of powers.

Many of its interventions have changed the course of Indian history – be it in protecting civil and political liberties which cast a negative obligation on the State or in directing the State to implement socio-economic rights as affirmative obligations under the Constitution, he said.

As the guardian of the Constitution, it has to put a break where executive or legislative actions infringe fundamental human rights. Even in the context of the separation of powers, the scheme of checks and balances through supervision results in a certain degree of interference by one branch into the functioning of the other.

Instead of imagining separate branches of government isolated and compartmentalised by walls between them, we should view their working taking effect in a complex interactive, interdependent and interconnected setting where the branches take account of and coordinate with the actions of the other, he said.

Justice Chandrachud said the top court has used various methods in holding the executive and legislature accountable, whether it is by striking down a law and ruling on its unconstitutionality, or by restraining to intervene in certain matters of policy or through its deliberative approach of making the executive and legislature aware of the constitutional implications of the decisions at hand.

The Supreme Court has to act in furtherance of its role as sentinel on the qui vive and respond to the call of constitutional conscience and it is this role that prompts it to address the challenges of the 21st century, ranging from the pandemic to the rise of intolerance, features which we find across the world, he said.