The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to a convict who was sentenced to a life time imprisonment for being involved in a series of blast in various churches of Karnataka in 2000. He was given bail on medical ground.

A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao depended upon a medical report outfitted by Additional Advocate General Devadatt Kamat, affirming that the applicant, Abdul Rehman Sait was suffering from different ailments and was undergoing treatment in Central Prison Hospital, Belagavi.

The seat said “It shows up from the report that the candidate is undergoing treatment for different illnesses. This reality has likewise been affirmed,”

“As the applicant isn’t in a good medical condition, we esteem it fit and legitimate to release Abdul Rehman Sait, on bail, in all the four cases, on outfitting sufficient security as per the general inclination of the trial court,” the seat included.

The court passed its request, in the wake of hearing backer Kamini Jaiswal for the benefit of the candidate and Kamat for the state government.

On April 10, the court had requested that the Karnataka government check his medical condition as he looked for bail battling that he has been in prison for around 18 years in the wake of having been indicted and granted life detainment for blasts at St Ann’s Church, Kalaburagi, St Peter and Paul church in Bengaluru and St John Luthern Church in Hubballi and accidental blast at Minerva Mills in Bengaluru.

A mathematics teacher was arrested on Thursday for assaulting a Class 10 student. The incident happened at Narayana e-techno school situated at Vidyaranyapura on Wednesday. The incident came to light after a video of the lecturer beating the student with a duster went viral on internet.

The victim Shashank V, a class 10 student, was whipped by his maths teacher during summer vacation extra classes. As per Shashank’s parents and classmates, when the he was talking with one of his schoolmates, the teacher got furious and hit him with a duster. Following the complaint recorded by the parents, police arrested 32-year-old Venkatasubbaiah under Juvenile Justice Act and sent him to judicial custody. As per police authorities, they have booked the teacher on charges of deliberately causing hurt by perilous weapons or means.

A few parents also assembled near the school on Thursday morning in protest against the lecturer who hit the boy and furthermore against the school for directing classes during summer vacations.

The CBI has registered three separate cases related to the alleged rape of a woman by a BJP MLA and his brother late in the night, officials said here today. Banagarmau MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is being questioned by the CBI officers, they said.

The victim had attempted suicide outside the residence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath triggering a massive political row over women’s safety in Uttar Pradesh.

Later, the state police had arrested her father who died in judicial custody with autopsy suggesting several injuries on his body.

The Uttar Pradesh government had referred the matter to the CBI which registered the case after getting reference from the centre last night.

The bench said it would hear the plea which has also alleged that the rape victim’s father was tortured and killed in police custody.
The Supreme Court will hear next week a plea for CBI probe into the Unnao gangrape case allegedly involving a BJP lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh.

The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud said it would hear the plea which has also alleged that the rape victim’s father was tortured and killed in the police custody at the behest of the “ruling party” in the state.
The petition, filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, sought the court’s direction to the CBI to probe the alleged kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in July, 2017 “by the BJP MLA and his companion and custodial death of her father via torture” on 9 April.

Alleging that the complaint had not mentioned the name of the legislator “under political pressure” and that the state police would not carry out a “fair investigation under compulsion”, it said the matter should be handed over to the CBI for an independent investigation.

Referring to the victim’s statement, the petition also alleged that sitting BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar from Bangarmau constituency in Unnao district was the main accused in cases of the girl’s rape in July, 2017 and custodial death of her father after her protest against the legislator.

The public interest petition also sought protection and compensation to the victims’ kin, as was provided in the Nirbhaya gangrape case.

The prime accused in the murder of a former radio jockey was arrested on Tuesday at the Trivandrum International Airport here, police said

Alibhai, a resident in Alappuzha district, was arrested upon his arrival from Qatar earlier in the day.

On March 27, the victim Rajesh was in his studio after performing at a local show near his village when a group of men burst in and hacked him to death.

A few days after the murder, Alibhai flew to Qatar.

The police had issued a notice to the Qatar Police who first arrested Alibhai deported him back to Kerala.

The total number of arrests in are four people including Alibhai and the police were now closing down on the remaining two.

The suspended cops were part of the team deployed to watch over an annual community event in Madnapur village.

A police constable and an officer have been suspended for their conduct while on duty, a senior police officer said.
The suspended cops were part of the team deployed to watch over an annual community event in Madnapur village.

“Every year, the event takes place for three days. We have seen the video and ordered an inquiry. The two cops seen in the clip have been suspended and investigations are underway,” a police officer told news agency.
In the video of the incident on Saturday, the cops can be seen showering money on dance performers dressed in glittery attires. They invite the dancers by showing off currency. Soon the cops are surrounded by dancers and money is being thrown in the air. The women as well as their associates make a dash for flying notes. The cops, seemingly delighted, shower some more and it continues.

It is not yet known if the cops were in an inebriated condition as well.

A man mercilessly killed his loving wife by chopping her into 15 pieces and dumping the chopped mortal remains into a canal. This dreadful incident took place at Hosapete on April 8th.

The accused has been identified as Chandrahasa (27) from Anavumol at Kaimana village in Puttur Taluk. The victim is his wife Bharati (24).

8 years back, Chandrahasa had joined for work at a garments shop in Bellary. Bharati, from M. P. Prakash Nagar in Hampi was also working at the same shop. He fell in love and married her. Later, he started his own garment shop and stayed with his wife in a rented house at ‘Sunnada Batti’ area of the city.

On February 19th, Bharati insisted Chandrahasa to buy a car. A fight broke out in-between them with regard to this issue. Furious Chandrahasa forcefully slapped Bharati. The impact of the slap was such that, she fell down unconscious and died.

Chandrahasa panicked and chopped his wife into 15 pieces. He stuffed those pieces into four bags. He then disposed off the bags at L.L.C. canal near the city’s railway station road, informed the police of Hosapete rural police station.

Chandrahasa called his wife’s relatives and informed them that she had gone missing. He convinced them to conduct the search by themselves and not to inform the police. He acted his part of searching his wife for some days after which he himself went missing.

The elder brother of Bharati got suspicious and registered a complaint at Hospete rural police station. The police started the investigation after registering a murder case.

Tearful Chandrahasa was arrested on April 5th and subjected to intensive questioning which squeezed out the actual facts of the incident.