Karnataka HC refuses to quash criminal case against MLA Jignesh Mevani

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April 27, 2019

Bengaluru, Apr 27: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a criminal case registered against Jignesh Mevani, Gujarat MLA, for allegedly giving provocative statement with an intent to cause riot during a programme in Chitradurga on April 6, 2018.

Justice Aravind Kumar passed the order on a petition filed by Mr. Mevani, who had claimed that the contents of his speech did not indicate any intention to cause riot as he had only commented on the failure of the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and never provoked the youth to disturb Mr. Modi’s rally scheduled to be held in Bengaluru later. Mr. Mevani was attending a programme organised by the Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike.

The FIR against Mr. Mevani was registered based on a complaint by the Election Commission’s flying squad as the programme was organised when the code of conduct was in force for the elections to the Karnataka State Assembly.

The police had filed the chargesheet in June 2018. A magistrate court in Chitradurga had taken cognisance of offence against him in July 2018 and had issued summons.

While the court said that there is prima facie case to proceed against the petitioner under Section 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) of Indian Penal Code, the court quashed the Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the IPC invoked against the petitioner.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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