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BANGALORE, FEB. 6. A non-bailable warrant (NBW) has been issued against Hathway Cable in connection with the electrocution of seven-year-old Anish in Indiranagar last year. The hearing of the case has been adjourned to March 16. The NBW was issued after a representative of the cable operator failed to appear before the 10th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the first hearing of the electrocution case here on Saturday. Anish died after accidentally coming in contact with a live television cable wire strung "haphazardly" over a Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) pole. After the incident, the Karnataka Government ordered three separate inquiries into the electrocution — one by Bescom, one by the office of the Chief Electrical Inspector to the Government (CEIG) and the third at the Government level.
Bail for officials
On Saturday, judge Basavaraj Tadhal granted bail to Bescom area Junior Engineer, Ramanjinappa, the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike area Assistant Executive Engineer, Govindiah, and issued a NBW against Indiranagar cable operator Dayanand. This is the first such case to be taken up for prosecution under the Central Electricity Act, 2003. The case, prepared by the jurisdictional official of the Electrical Inspectorate, says that negligence by the above three led to the boy's electrocution. "The case can be prosecuted under Sections 146 and 151 of the Electricity Act, 2003. Punishment can be imprisonment for one to three years and a fine of Rs. 1 lakh," informed sources say. The inspectorate reportedly took up the case after getting a go-ahead from the Government. "After we submitted our report to the Government, we were told we could invoke the provisions of the Electricity Act. This happened two-three months ago," the sources said. It is believed that the case will take at least a year to be settled.
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