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Bangalore
By K.V. Subramanya
BANGALORE: The sensational Begum Shakereh Namazi murder case that ended with the court awarding death sentence to Swami Shraddananda on Saturday was a rare case of two leading criminal lawyers representing the State and the accused. While C.V. Nagesh was the special public prosecutor in the case, C.H. Hanumantharya, was the counsel for Swami Shraddananda. Over the years, these two lawyers have defended accused in several sensational cases and have been successful in getting most of their clients absolved of the charges. As their fellow lawyers recollect, there were hardly a few cases in which Mr. Nagesh and Mr. Hanumantharaya appeared for the opposite parties in a particular case. In recent years there have been not many cases where a leading criminal lawyer has represented the State. Thus, the Shakereh murder case had created curiosity in Bangalore's legal fraternity, the lawyers say. During the trial of the Shakereh murder case, not only junior advocates but also some leading criminal lawyers used to come to the court hall to watch how Mr. Nagesh and Mr. Hanumanthraya examined the witnesses and argued. The way in which the two lawyers used their knowledge of medical jurisprudence and forensic science to argue the case was really astonishing, says an advocate who closely monitored the case.
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Nr. Nagesh and Mr. Hanumantharaya have also defended prominent politicians in cases that had serious political ramifications. Mr. Nagesh was the counsel for the former Chief Minister, S. Bangarappa, in the multi-crore Classik Computer case that was investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Bangarappa and the former Chief Secretary, J. Alexander, who were accused of purchasing computers at inflated prices and causing loss to the exchequer, were later acquitted of the charges.
JMM case
He was also the advocate for M. Veerappa Moily, who succeeded Mr. Bangarappa as Chief Minister, in the JMM bribery scandal. Mr. Moily was exonerated of the charges.
Statue desecration case
Mr. Hanumantharaya had appeared for the former Minister, B.T. Lalitha Naik, before the Justice N.D.V. Bhat Commission that enquired into the desecration of Ambedkar statue, an incident in which her son was an accused. She was a Minister in the then J.H. Patel Government when the incident took place.
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