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Youth gets life term for rape and murder of 22-year-old woman

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April 29, 2016

Mangaluru, Apr 29: A court here convicted a youth on the charges of rape and murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment on Thursday.

judgeThe VI Additional District and Sessions Court pronounced the judgement against Harish Kumar (24), a resident of Kattadabailu Padukonaje, near Moodbidri for raping and murdering a 22-year-old woman.

The judge imposed a fine of Rs. 5,000 on Harish, along with two more months of imprisonment in the event of default on payment of fine, for the murder. For the rape count, the judge directed him to pay another fine of Rs. 5,000.

Cases of murder and rape, booked under Sections 302 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code against the convict have been proved beyond reasonable doubt, the judge said while convicting the accused.

The woman, who was working in a factory near Moodabidri, was returning home on May 16, 2011. She got down from the bus at Houdal and was walking to her home.

The convict followed the woman and raped her inside a forest at Murgekala. Fearing that the woman might reveal his identity, the convict strangled her to death before taking away her valuables including a mobile phone.

When her parents were searching for the woman, Harish too joined them expressing sympathy, the police said in the charge sheet. The woman's body was found around 8 p.m. the same day with a hand kerchief stuffed in her mouth.

The next day, Harish was arrested by Moodbidri police sub-inspector Ramesh Kumar and found the woman's valuables and mobile phone in his possession.

Police Inspector Thimmiah, who conducted the investigation, had filed the charge sheet. The prosecution was initially conducted by Shivaprasad Alva and was continued by Judith M. Crasta.

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July 26,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 26: A total of 5,199 new COVID-19 cases and 82 deaths were reported from Karnataka on Sunday, the state's health department said.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the state stands at 96,141, including 58,417 active cases and 35,838 recoveries.
So far, 1,878 deaths have been reported from Karnataka.

Meanwhile, India reported a spike of 48,661 cases and 705 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.

A total of 9,46,777 tests have been done so far and the number of tests per million in the national capital stands at 49,830.

The total COVID-19 positive cases stand at 13,85,522, including 4,67,882 active cases, 8,85,577 cured/discharged/migrated, and 32,063 deaths, it added. 

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March 31,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 31: Ten persons who were under home quarantine in Bengaluru and had escaped to their native places, were arrested on Monday.
A case has been registered against them at Gurmitkal Police Station, said BH Anil Kumar, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) Commissioner.

Seven new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Karnataka between Saturday 5 pm and Sunday 2 pm.

The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 83, out of which five have been cured and three have lost their lives, according to the Karnataka Health Department.

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May 16,2020

Kalaburagi, May 16: Former Karnataka Minister Dr Sharanprakash Patil, who was booked for violating COVID-19 imposed lockdown guidelines said on Friday that it was "politically motivated".

"It's politically motivated, the officer who filed the case was forced by MLA or some other people. As elected representatives, we're going in the constituencies, listening to people as they're apprehensive about the return of migrants. We had not conducted any meeting. Wherever we have gone we have followed social distancing," Patil said.

Patil said, "When I had gone there people came to discuss about a local problem and I was talking to an official concerned. In the meantime, some officer gave a complaint that we have violated the lockdown or something."

"They are trying to curb the voice of opposition because there are a lot of lacunae. We hear complaints about quarantine centres that there is no proper facility for food, or stay, or bathrooms," the Congress leader said.

The FIR was registered on Thursday against 23 persons, including the former MLA and 21 local Congress leaders, under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Congress leader Patil and his followers had conducted a meeting at a convention hall in Sulpeth town on May 13, following which sectoral magistrate Muneer Ahmed lodged a complaint.

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