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BANGALORE, APRIL 12. The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday adjourned to Friday the contempt proceedings against two television channels, Udaya TV and ETV, for telecasting crime-based serials. The petitioner, A.V. Amarnathan, said Udaya TV was telecasting "Crime Story," produced and directed by Balakrishna Kakatkar, while ETV was telecasting "Crime Diary," produced and directed by Ravi Belegere. He said the two serials, being telecast between 10 p.m. and 10.30 p.m., were investigating crimes and criminal incidents, recording the views of police officials and even interviewing the criminals, victims and the next of victims. In some cases, the serials presented the facts even before a First Information Report (FIR) was filed. Thus the persons involved in crime are either convicted or let off in a trial by the media. These programmes prejudiced and interfered with the judicial proceedings. The petitioner said a Division Bench had permitted taking action against the media if they continued distorting facts and presenting the cases before they were heard by the courts. He said the continued telecast of the serials constituted contempt of court. A Division Bench comprising Justice A.M. Farroq and Justice Hinchegeri adjourned the case to Friday and dispensed with the personal appearance of the respondents.
Bail plea withdrawn
A doctor of Renebennur, accused of having given fake medical certificates in motor vehicle cases on Tuesday, withdrew five applications for anticipatory bail he had filed in the Karnataka High Court. According to the State, Manohar, Resident Medical Officer of the Government Hospital, was among the several accused in the motor vehicle scandal in Haveri and Ranebenur. The Corps of Detectives (CoD) had booked a case against Dr. Manohar and seven others following a complaint by M. Govindaraj. On December 10, 2004, the High Court directed the CoD to investigate and submit within three months a report on the motor vehicle accident scandal. The State Government, on December 21, referred the case to the CoD. The CoD found that the main accused, Prakash Chandrashekara Maniger, had colluded with several others, including Dr. Manohar (accused no.7), and G.S. Udagi, a sub-inspector in Ranebennur (now an Inspector in the State Intelligence, Bangalore), in fabricating fake accident reports and claiming insurance from motor vehicle insurance companies. Dr. Manohar withdrew the applications for anticipatory bail even as Justice Mohan Shantanagouder was on the verge of pronouncing the order.
Confirmed
A Division Bench comprising Justice S.R. Bannurmath and Justice K. Ramanna on Tuesday confirmed the order of a trial court sentencing Sameel Pasha to life imprisonment. According to the State, Pasha, a resident of Shantinagar in Mysore, along with Nayamath murdered Ayub by poisoning him. The State said Pasha had mixed poison in Khova (a sweet prepared from milk) and given it to Ayub. On December 19, 2003, a Mysore court found Pasha guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Pasha appealed against the trial court order.
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