Karnataka HC notice to Government in Madani bail case

The High Court on Monday issued a notice to the government in connection with a bail petition filed by Abdul Naseer Madani, accused of conspiring the 2008 Bangalore blast.

The Supreme Court rejected Madani’s bail plea directing  government to provide  medical treatment to him in Bangalore.  Madani had filed a petition before the High Court stating the government was not providing medical treatment and sought bail to undergo treatment.

Madani is in jail for almost two years now. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader was also an accused in the 1998 Coimbatore bomb blast case but was acquitted by the trial court.

Justice Nagmohan Das heard the petition and adjourned the petition for further hearing.

Bail Rejected for Accused

The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed the bail plea of Abdul Khader, one of the accused in 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case. Khader had sought bail on the grounds that the charges against him could entail a maximum punishment of seven years’ imprisonment and he had already served three and a half years. The state, in its objection, said the police had already interrogated 17 people in the case and in another 45 day the trial would be over. The government counsel told Justice Nagmohan Das that if granted bail, Khader might go to a foreign country.

HC Seeks Blueprint for Drainage System

The High Court on Monday directed the Tumkur City Municipal Corporation (CMC) to produce a blueprint of the drainage system and stormwater drain network in the town, in the court within 10 days.

Justice Ram Mohan Reddy directed the CMC to produce a blue print, consisting details on number of secondary drains and how it connected to main drains.

While hearing a petition filed by Basavaradhya, a resident of Mandipet in Tumkur, who had alleged that one Prasad had encroached upon the secondary drain near his house and the CMC has failed to clear the encroachment, despite the High Court direction, Justice Reddy wondered why the CMC engineers have not initiated proper action.

Two directives from the High Court asking the CMC to clear the encroachments have not been followed and only nine inches of encroachment has been cleared so far, the petitioner alleged.

“If the blueprint is not produced within a stipulated time, a contempt notice will be issued,” Justice Reddy warned.

He also took the CMC commissioner to task for not attending the court proceedings and adjourned the case for further hearing.