Court rejects bail plea of journalist accused of sexually assaulting schoolboy

coastaldigest.com web desk

April 21, 2019

Udupi, Apr 21: The district special court here has rejected the bail plea of journalist Chandra K Hemmadi, 40, who was accused of sexually assaulting a boy student.

He has been charged in 21 cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

The accused had filed a petition in court on March 27 seeking bail in the first case filed against him in Byndoor police station. However Vijay Vasu Poojary, district special prosecutor convinced the court that after introduction of Pocso Act, it is first time that 21 cases were lodged against one accused in the entire country and therefore, his bail pea should be rejected.

District special judge Chandrashekhar M Joshi, who heard the arguments over the controversy, rejected the bail petition of the accused.

Chandra Hemmadi was arrested on November 28, 2018, based on the case filed at Byndoor police station for allegedly sexually harassing school students. A total 16 cases were registered against him at Byndoor, three at Gangolli and one each at Kundapur Rural and Kollur police stations.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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