Mysuru court acquits man falsely implicated in wife's ‘murder' in
Kurubara Suresha
, wrongly implicated by the police for 'murdering' his wife and was put behind bars for nearly two years.
Announcing the verdict, Justice Gururaj Somakkalava also ordered the station house officer at Bettadapura police station to remove Suresha's name from all police records. Additionally, the state govt was ordered to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to Suresha.
The verdict comes three weeks after Suresha's wife Mallige was traced in Madikeri, along with her male companion with whom she was in a live-in relationship ever since her disappearance from her Kushalnagar home in Nov 2020.
Wednesday's court order came within a week after a report was filed by superintendent of police N Vishnuvardhana.
Suresha was initially charged with the murder, destruction of evidence, and cruelty.
Reprimanding the police officers concerned for misleading the court and committing fraud by filing a fabricated chargesheet, the judge directed the IGP (Southern Range) to initiate a departmental inquiry against IPS officer Jithendra Kumar, inspector B G Prakasha, and PSIs Mahesh Kumar B K and Prakash M Yettinimani.
Additionally, the judge directed the chief administrative officer of Mysuru Law Courts to file an FIR against Prakasha under the provisions of BNS (Sec 231), accusing him of fabricating evidence with the intention to falsely convict Suresha.
While describing the judgment as significant, Suresha's advocate B S Pandu Poojari said he would appeal for more compensation and to hold all police officers involved in the case accountable, rather than filing an FIR against just one.
"The case should serve as an eye-opener for all, as the police officers' blatant [mistake] was exposed," Pandu Poojari stated.
The court also ordered the district police to investigate the case of the unidentified body that was assumed to be of Mallige's.
Family breathes sigh of relief
As soon as the verdict was pronounced, Suresha's joy was palpable. His teenage daughter Keerthi was also delighted by her father's acquittal.
Keerthi, who is waiting for her SSLC results, told TOI she knew her father hadn't killed her mother, who is now living with another man.
She said her father had suffered a lot due to the mistake committed by some police officers.
Suresha's father, Gandhi, and mother also heaved a sigh of relief as they had suffered a lot of humiliation in view of the wrong conviction.
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