1. Kodanad case | CB-CID plans to inspect Jayalalithaa’s bungalow
The CB-CID police investigating the Kodanad dacoity-cum-murder case informed the district sessions court in Udhagamandalam of their wish to inspect the bungalow of the former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa which was broken into by thieves during the incident.
The case had come up for hearing when the prosecution sought time to file their objections to a petition moved by K. Vijayan, the lawyer of one of the accused who had wanted judicial officers to visit the scene of occurrence as they felt that Jayalalithaa’s close aide Sasikala’s recent visit to the estate had “caused disturbances” to the crime scene.
2. Madras HC comes down heavily on ragging
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court gave a piece of his mind to eight college students facing a criminal case for having ragged a co-student by tonsuring his head, beating him black and blue with a belt and locking him up in a hostel room for five hours because he refused to give them money to purchase liquor in November last year.
3. Pollachi sexual assualt case | Accused produced before court
All the nine accused arraigned in the Pollachi sexual assault case of 2019 were produced before the Mahila Court in Coimbatore on Friday in the wake of additional material objects submitted by the Central Investigation Bureau (CBI) last month.
The accused men were brought to the court from Salem Central Prison.
