New Delhi, Dec 15, 2016
A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar did not suspend the trial court proceedings in view of a pending challenge to a high court order that had directed handing over certain documents, including “unauthenticated medical records” of the rape victim, to Nithyananda. In an earlier order on 7th November, the Court had directed the Trial Court to proceed with hearing the arguments on charge.
Nithyananda’s counsel opposed the Special Leave Petition filed by complainant Lenin, questioning the locus standi of the petitioner in the criminal case. Lenin, who acted as driver of Nithyananda, had filed a complaint with the police in 2010.
Meanwhile, advocate V N Raghupathy, appearing for Karnataka, submitted that the state has also filed a special leave petition against the July 21 order of the high court. The apex court, while refraining from passing any further order, put the matter for consideration on January 17.
In its petition, the state government contended that the high court ordered for providing statements of 32 witnesses, including that of actor Ranjitha Menon to the accused.
Ranjitha’s purported CD with Nithyananda had led to registration of criminal cases. The high court had also directed furnishing medical records of another victim and her email conversations to the accused.
The state government claimed the documents were not part of the charge sheet filed against Nithyananda and others in the rape and cheating case registered in March 2010 in the Bidadi police station in Ramanagaram district and, had not been relied upon by the prosecution.
Nithyananda and four other accused are seeking the “records virtually to set up a defence at the pre-trial stage which cannot be permitted”, advocate Joseph Aristotle, representing the state government submitted. He said the accused had misused the judicial process in order to delay the proceedings.
Nithyananda, who was booked for rape and indulging in unnatural sex, was arrested on April 22, 2010. Later, he was granted bail on June 11, 2010.
The 39-year-old, who founded an ashram with its headquarters on the outskirts of Bengaluru, was directed by the apex court in 2014 to undergo potency test and give blood and voice sample required for investigation of the case.
Nithyananda’s counsel opposed the Special Leave Petition filed by complainant Lenin, questioning the locus standi of the petitioner in the criminal case. Lenin, who acted as driver of Nithyananda, had filed a complaint with the police in 2010.
Meanwhile, advocate V N Raghupathy, appearing for Karnataka, submitted that the state has also filed a special leave petition against the July 21 order of the high court. The apex court, while refraining from passing any further order, put the matter for consideration on January 17.
In its petition, the state government contended that the high court ordered for providing statements of 32 witnesses, including that of actor Ranjitha Menon to the accused.
Ranjitha’s purported CD with Nithyananda had led to registration of criminal cases. The high court had also directed furnishing medical records of another victim and her email conversations to the accused.
The state government claimed the documents were not part of the charge sheet filed against Nithyananda and others in the rape and cheating case registered in March 2010 in the Bidadi police station in Ramanagaram district and, had not been relied upon by the prosecution.
Nithyananda and four other accused are seeking the “records virtually to set up a defence at the pre-trial stage which cannot be permitted”, advocate Joseph Aristotle, representing the state government submitted. He said the accused had misused the judicial process in order to delay the proceedings.
Nithyananda, who was booked for rape and indulging in unnatural sex, was arrested on April 22, 2010. Later, he was granted bail on June 11, 2010.
The 39-year-old, who founded an ashram with its headquarters on the outskirts of Bengaluru, was directed by the apex court in 2014 to undergo potency test and give blood and voice sample required for investigation of the case.
Source: Deccan Herald
திருவண்ணாமலை கோவிலில் நுழைய நித்யானந்தா சீடர்களுக்கு எதிர்ப்பு
ReplyDeleteதிருவண்ணாமலை: திருவண்ணாமலை அருணாசலேஸ்வரர் கோவிலுக்குள், வெளிநாட்டை சேர்ந்த நித்யானந்தா சீடர்கள், 150 பேர், நேற்று சுவாமி தரிசனம் செய்ய வந்தனர். அவர்கள் தடுத்து நிறுத்தப்பட்டதால், வெளிப்பிரகாரத்தில் அமர்ந்து தியானத்தில் ஈடுபட்டனர்.
திருவண்ணாமலை கிரிவலப் பாதையில் உள்ள நித்யானந்தா ஆஸ்ரமத்தில், நித்யானந்தாவின் கல்பதரு நிகழ்ச்சி நேற்று மாலை, 6:30 மணிக்கு நடக்க ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தது. இதில் பங்கேற்பதற்காக, நித்யானந்தாவின் சீடர்கள், 1,000க்கும் மேற்பட்டோர், அவரது ஆசிரமத்திற்கு வந்தனர். இந்நிலையில், நேற்று காலை, 8:30 மணிக்கு, இவர்களில், 150 வெளிநாட்டு சீடர்கள், அருணாசலேஸ்வரர் கோவிலுக்கு சுவாமி தரிசனம் செய்ய சென்றனர். கடந்த பிப்., 24 முதல், வெளிநாட்டு பக்தர்கள் கோவிலுக்குள் வந்து சுவாமி தரிசனம் செய்ய, கோவில் நிர்வாகம் தடை விதித்துள்ளது. இதனால், நித்யானந்தாவின் சீடர்களை உள்ளே செல்லவிடாமல், கோவில் ஊழியர்கள் மற்றும் போலீசார் தடுத்தனர். இதையடுத்து, கோவிலின், நான்காம் பிரகாரத்தில் அவர்கள் அமர்ந்து, 1 மணி நேரம் தியானத்தில் ஈடுபட்டனர். பின் அங்கிருந்து கலைந்து சென்றனர். இதனால், அங்கு சிறிது நேரம் பரபரப்பு ஏற்பட்டது.
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