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Time of India
23-04-2025
- Time of India
Mysuru court acquits man falsely implicated in wife's ‘murder' in
Mysuru: The V additional district and sessions court Wednesday ordered an honourable acquittal of 40-year-old 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.
The Hindu
23-04-2025
- The Hindu
Mysuru court orders case against police official for ‘fabrication of evidence'
The 5th Additional District and Sessions Judge in Mysuru on Wednesday ordered the court officials to the book Inspector of Police for 'fabrication of evidence' while acquitting the accused in a case of murder registered against him in Bettadapura police station in Mysuru. The case pertains to a tribal Suresh, who had lodged a complaint that his wife Mallige had been missing from their house in Basavanahalli in Kushalnagar Rural police station in 2020, but was booked for her murder by the adjoining Bettadapura police station when a skeleton on a woman's body was found. The police arrested Suresh, who had spent about one and a half years in jail, before he was released on bail. Not only did a DNA report prove that the skeleton did not belong to his wife Mallige, the latter was found alive, having snacks in a restaurant in Madikeri earlier this month with a male friend with whom she was living. While 'honourably acquitting' Suresh of the murder charges and cancelling the bail and surety bonds, the court directed the Bettadapura police station to remove his name from the police records. Compensation The court directed the Home Department to pay a compensation amounting to ₹1 lakh to Suresh. Sharing the details of the ruling, Pandu Pujari, who is the counsel for Suresh, told The Hindu that the judge directed the Chief Administrative Officer of the Mysuru District and Sessions Court to suo motu file a complaint against the then Inspector of Bettadapura police station Prakash B.G. under different Sections of BNS 2023 that correspond to old IPC Sections 193 and 195 for 'fabrication and falsification of evidence'. Department probe The judge also directed the Inspector General of Police, Southern Range, to conduct a departmental inquiry against the then police officials at Bettadapura police station including IPS officer Jitendra Kumar, who was the additional Superintendent of Police, Police Sub-Inspectors Prakash Yattimani and Mahesh B.G., besides Police Inspector Prakash B.G., who was the Investigating Officer (IO). Mr. Pujari said the court has directed the Inspector General of Police, Southern Range, to conduct a departmental inquiry against the four police officials, who were serving in Bettadapura police station in 2020, and submit a report to the court. probe unidentified body The court also directed the police to initiate an investigation into the UDR (unnatural death) death case registered in relation to the unidentified body found in Bettadapura police station limits in 2020. The police has been asked to initiate a probe in the matter and submit a report to the court. Mr. Pujari said he is planning to move the High Court for higher compensation to his client, who has not only suffered about one and a half years in jail, but also loss of reputation in the society, besides the trips the mental agony to his parents, loss of education of his children and the multiple trips he had to make to the court for no fault of his.
