PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
A particular courtroom in Bengaluru has rejected the ‘B report’ submitted by the Karnataka Lokayukta police within the case the place Further Director Common of Police Alok Kumar and two different officers are alleged to have demanded a bribe of ₹1 crore. The particular courtroom for corruption instances, in its order, rejecting the ‘B report’ (closure report for lack of proof) has stated examination of the grievance will likely be held by the courtroom below Part 200 of the Felony Process Code. It permits for the courtroom to take cognisance of the grievance and provoke the examination itself.
Decide Okay Lakshminarayana Bhat heard a protest memo filed by the complainant within the case, Mallikarjun M B. The unique grievance dates again to 2014. Mallikarjun was allegedly concerned in a battle within the Organe Bar and Restaurant in 2014. Chandrashekar, then a constable within the Vyalikaval police station, is alleged to have acquired ₹5 lakh bribe to cowl up this difficulty.
The then ACP of Seshadripuram sub-division Daneshwar Rao and Vyalikaval police inspector Shankarachari had been accused of receiving the ₹5 lakh via Chandrashekar on September 1, 2014. The next day, they allegedly sought ₹1 crore bribe from Mallikarjun within the title of the then Further Commissioner of Police, Alok Kumar. They’d allegedly threatened to ebook Mallikarjun below critical legal fees if he didn’t pay up inside 48 hours. Mallikarjun’s grievance to the Lokayukta additionally contained audio recordings of his conversations with constable Chandrashekar.
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Mallikarjun additionally accused that his relative Putte Gowda, sub-inspector within the Vyalikaval police station, was suspended to place strain on him to pay the bribe. Putte Gowda had additionally confirmed this allegation in his assertion earlier than the Lokayukta police. After seven years, the Lokayukta police concluded the investigation and on March 19, 2022, filed a report within the courtroom submitting a ‘B report’ stating there was no proof towards Shankarachari and Daneshwar Rao.
Solely constable Chandrashekar was named as accused within the FIR. Mallikarjun filed the protest memo over the ‘B report’ in March this yr and the particular courtroom gave its judgment on December 13. In its order, the courtroom has stated the Lokayukta police haven’t thought-about the statements of Putte Gowda. The investigating officer has rejected Gowda’s claims. Nevertheless it was for the courtroom to resolve if the witness statements needed to be rejected or accepted and never the investigating officer, the courtroom stated.
The courtroom stated that there was sufficient proof within the case to proceed towards the accused. It stated the Lokayukta police report was not complete and clear. The report itself accommodates sufficient proof to difficulty summons and interrogate the accused, the courtroom stated rejecting the ‘B report’.