Absolved of terror charges, Muthi-ur-Rahman walks free

February 26, 2013

Bangalore, Feb 26: After a six-month ordeal of being branded terrorists and charged with waging a war against the state, two of the fifteen arrested suspects, journalist Muthi-ur-Rahman Siddiqui and Syed Yusuf?Nalaband walked to freedom late Monday night.

The Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday issued a detailed written order on the release of the two men accused of involvement in the Bangalore terror module case.

The NIA had earlier dropped all the charges against the two saying it had found no prosecutable evidence against them.

Justice Somnath R Sindhagi issued detailed written orders regarding the release of the Siddiqui and Nalaband by?5:15 pm on Monday. However, by the time the orders reached Parappana Agrahara Central Prisons, it was 7 pm. After a wait of three hours, Siddiqui and Nalaband were released by 10 pm, greeted by the media, activists and journalists.

An emotional Siddiqui termed his experience a terrible ordeal and said it should not happen to anybody ever again. He said that if he, who had been branded the mastermind of the terror conspiracy, was acquitted honourably, he hoped that all the other friends arrested along with him would also walk free one day.

“I hope nobody goes through what I did. Only I know the pain I went through,” Siddiqui told media persons as he was surrounded by a jubilant group comprising his colleagues from the daily as well as journalists from other newspapers who had shared the beat with him.

He said he had confidence in the judiciary and thanked the Almighty, those who stood by him during the difficult time and the activists of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights who fought his case from Day One.

Nalaband said he was greatly relieved after his release from the prison. Meanwhile, the prosecution will deliver the copy of the charge sheet on Tuesday after blacking out the identities of the eight witnesses. The case will come up for hearing at the NIA?Special Court on Tuesday.

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No relief for Siddaramaiah in MUDA case as HC junks plea against Governor's sanction

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September 24,2024

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against Governor Thawarchand Gehlot's decision to sanction the complaint and investigation against him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam case.

Justice M Nagaprasanna said the facts narrated in the petition would undoubtedly require an investigation.

The court has also said that the Governor's order approving sanction to investigate against Siddaramaiah under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act does not suffer from application of mind, instead has abundance of application of mind.

Meanwhile, the court rejected the request made by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi to stay the order of the court. The court has vacated the interim order passed on August 19. In the interim order the trial court was directed not to take any precipitative action against Siddaramaiah. On August 17, Governor had approved sanction under section 17 A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 218 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS), citing three applications.

The court said the private complainants were justified in registering the complaint and seeking approval from the governor.

Insofar as private complainants seeking sanction under section 17A, the court said the provision nowhere requires only a police officer to seek sanction from a competent authority. The court further said it is in fact the duty of the private complainants to seek such approval.

Earlier, The High Court had completed its hearing in the case on September 12, and reserved its orders. It had also directed a special court in Bengaluru to defer further proceedings and not to take any precipitative action against the Chief Minister.

The case pertains to allegations that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife B M Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru that had higher property value as compared to the location of her land that had been "acquired" by MUDA.

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