Home stay attack: Court discharges journalist Naveen Soorinje from all charges

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December 5, 2018

Mangaluru, Dec 5: In a huge relief for journalist-activist Naveen Soorinje, who was accused of not trying to stop the assailants during 2012 Manglauru home stay attack, the local sessions court has discharged him from all charges.

The development comes nearly five years after the State government led by the then-chef minister Siddaramaiah decided to withdraw the case against Mr Soorinje, who was made accused no. 44 in the case.

Mr Soorinje, who was a then a television reporter and Sharan, a cameraman had filmed and exposed the alleged assault and sexual harassment of young men and women by Hindu Jagaran Vedike activists at Morning Mist homestay in Padil on July 20, 2012.

Based on the complaint by one of the victims, the police arrested 44 persons, including Mr Soorinje and Mr Sharan, who were lodged in the prison for a few weeks. After the police filed charge-sheet, the government decided to withdraw the case against Mr Soorinje.

Soon after, the public prosecutor filed an application under Section 321 of the Criminal Procedure Code for withdrawal of prosecution against Mr. Soorinje before the 2nd Additional District and Sessions Court in the city. The judge sought objections of other accused on the application and adjourned the hearing for several dates. Meanwhile, the case was transferred from the 2nd Additional Court to the 6th Additional District and Sessions Court in February 2016.

As the accused failed to file their objections, the judge heard arguments of Mr. Soorinje’s counsel Dinesh Hegde Ullepady and of the prosecutor Judith O.M. Crasta on December 21, 2017. The judge discharged Mr. Soorinje from the case on January 4, 2018.

Comments

Sruti Kotian
 - 
Wednesday, 5 Dec 2018

Its always controvercial. Journalist should do thier duty or try to prevent such actions.

Suresh
 - 
Wednesday, 5 Dec 2018

True.. Late but it's a great relief for him. 

Joseph Stalin
 - 
Wednesday, 5 Dec 2018

Those who tried to do a good thing also now crime partner. If they didnt do such things, police, court wont get any proofs

Vinod
 - 
Wednesday, 5 Dec 2018

Poor man. HJV trapped him. If he didnt shot and expose the sexual harrasement, there were no proofs against HJV

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Mysuru, Mar 24:m who returned from foreign travel and flouted home quarantine guidelines has been arrested in Mysuru on Monday. 

The man, who returned from Australia, had a seal on his hand but was roaming around the city. 

According to police, he was supposed to be under home quarantine till April 6. V V Puram Police took him into custody.

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February 26,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 26: The Kerala Police on Wednesday arrested a man who had threatened people protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Delhi on social media.

"The person was arrested by Agali police in Palakkad district for trying to instigate communal violence," the Police said.

On Tuesday, Kerala DGP Lokanath Behera had said that strict action will be taken against those who try to create any communal divide.

"Action will be taken against those who create or forward such messages that create communal tension through social media. All messages on social media are under police surveillance," he said.

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June 8,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 8: Karnataka recorded 308 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, with the majority of patients being domestic returnees, raising the state's tally to 5,760 an official said, here on Monday. "Over 308 new cases were reported from Sunday 5 pm to Monday 5 pm," said the health official.

Like everyday Maharashtra returnees accounted for 96 per cent (267 cases) of the 277 new cases. Majority infections in Karnataka nowadays are returnees, mostly from the state's northern neighbour.

A few returnees also came from Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. There was one international returnee, a 23-year-old man from Dakshina Kannada, who came from the UAE. Only 24 new infections were contacts of earlier cases.

On Monday, cases spiked in Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Bidar, Udupi, Bengaluru Urban, Ballari and Gadag.

Among the new cases, Kalaburagi contributed (99), followed by Yadgir (66), Bidar (48), Udupi (45), Bengaluru Urban (18), Ballari (8), Gadag (6), Shivamogga and Dharwad (4 each), Hassan and Dakshina Kannada (3 each), Bagalkote (2) and Koppal and Ramnagar (1 each). Four patients are suffering from Influenza-Like Illness (ILI).

Meanwhile, record 387 patients got discharged in the past 24 hours. On Monday, three persons - A 67-year-old man, a 48-year-old woman and another 65-year-old woman, all from Bengaluru Urban, succumbed to coronavirus.

Of all the cases, 3,175 are active, 2,519 discharged, 64 dead and 14 in the ICU.

In the past 24 hours, Karnataka tested 8,779 people. Of this, 8,231 reports returned negative. A number of tests were lower than other days. In total, 3.93 lac samples have been tested so far, of which 3.8 lac have returned negative.

Currently, Udupi is leading the state's COVID-19 burden with 628 active cases, followed by Kalaburagi (539), Yadgir (488), Raichur (276) and Bengaluru Urban (176) among others.

Bengaluru Urban has accounted for 18 deaths, followed by Kalaburagi (7), Bidar, Vijayapura, Davangere and Dakshina Kannada (6 each) and Chikkaballapur (3 each), among others.

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