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SC rejects bail plea of Rajeswari Shetty

Published On : 24 Apr 2018   |  Reported By : canaranews network


Mangaluru: The Supreme Court rejectedthe bail plea moved by a woman, who was accused of killing her husband in Udupi district in 2016 and burning his body in a ’homa kund’ with the help of a priest suspected to be her paramour. A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao took note of the contention made by Karnataka government counsel Joseph Aristotle that 36 material witnesses were yet to be examined during the trial.

The top court said petitioner Rajeswari Shetty could be released on bail only after examination of all 36 witnesses. It directed the trial court to examine those witnesses within a period of six months and disposed of the plea. Senior advocate Basava Prabhu Patil sought bail for Rajeswari Shetty, saying the 52-year-old woman was in jail for more than one and a half years and the investigation had been completed with the filing of the supplementary charge sheet.

However, the government counsel submitted a list of witnesses who are yet to be examined, including Gulabi Shetty, mother of Bhaskar and Amit Kumar, a neighbour who saw fire coming out of the ’homa kund,’ who were contacted by the suspect before committing the offence. These witnesses could be influenced by herd.







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