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Ponnapete/Virajpet Dec. 10: The Virajpet court has pronounced the death sentence for a criminal who brutally murdered four members of a family by attacking them with a sword and life imprisonment for two in a separate murder case. On March 27, the Virajpet 2nd Additional District and Sessions Court sentenced A.K. Girish (38) of Attimala Colony, Manandavadi, Kerala, who was jailed for brutally killing four members of a family by attacking them with a sword in Begur village under Ponnampet police station limits and was sentenced to death.
The death sentence was pronounced within 9 months of the incident, which is a rare occurrence in Kodagu in recent years.
Accused Girish had brutally hacked Kariya (70), Gauri (78), Nagi (30) and 6-year-old Kaveri of the Jenukuruba community to death with a sword on the night of March 27 and then absconded.
A case was registered at Ponnampet police station after the incident came to light on the morning of March 28. Southern Zone IGP Boralingaiah, Kodagu SP Ramarajan, and the then Additional SP Sundar Raj visited the scene, obtained information, conducted an investigation, formed a special team to find the accused, and the murder accused Girish was arrested in Kerala within 24 hours of the incident. The accused, suspecting that Nagi, whom he had married a year ago, was having an illicit relationship with someone else and angry that her grandfather had not allowed her to sell coffee, had attacked her with a sword. He had also slashed her grandfather Kariya and grandmother Gauri with a sword when they came to stop him, and had mutilated and murdered his wife Nagi's 6-year-old child born to her second husband by cutting off the head, ears and face.
The 2nd Additional District and Sessions Judge S. Nataraju, who took over the trial of the case, examined the witnesses and evidence and, after examining the evidence, sentenced the accused A.K. Girish to death under Section 103(1), 238 BNS.
Yasin Ahmed argued for the government. Investigating Officer, Circle Inspector Shivaraj R. Mudhol, Assistant Investigating Officer Abdul Majeed, Hemalatha Rai investigated the case and submitted the charge sheet to the court.
Life imprisonment for two: The court has sentenced two people to life imprisonment in connection with a separate murder case that took place in Nittur and Nalkeri near Betri.
On 13.06.2022, the 2nd Additional District and Sessions Court of Virajpet sentenced Jenu Kurubara Raju to life imprisonment for killing his wife Muthakki with a sword in Nittur village under Ponnampet police station limits. Judge S. Nataraju, who took over the trial of the case, after hearing the arguments, sentenced the accused Jenu Kurubara Raju to rigorous life imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 25,000 and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for 6 months in default of payment. The then Circle Inspector M.V. Govindaraju had investigated the case and submitted the charge sheet to the court.
On 28.4.2022, Chomachir Lava (Muthanna), who lived in a line house in a garden in Nalkeri village near Betri under the jurisdiction of Virajpet Rural Police Station, was found guilty of assaulting and murdering his wife Sumitra with a pipe and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
A case was registered in this regard at the Virajpet Rural Police Station and the then DySP of Virajpet, Niranjan Raj Urs, had registered a case against the accused under IPC 302, SC, ST. Prevention of Atrocities Act and submitted the charge sheet to the court. Judge Nataraju, who conducted the trial, sentenced him to life imprisonment for the crime of murder, a fine of Rs. 25,000, and in default of payment, a simple imprisonment of 6 months. Public prosecutor Yasin Ahmed argued for the government in all these cases.
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