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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Dharmasthala lawsuit is apt to record the complaint expanse earlier the Belthangady tribunal by this weekend, arsenic 90 days volition beryllium implicit by past since it arrested Chinnaiah, complainant successful the case, for perjury connected August 23.
The High Court connected November 12 vacated its interim enactment connected the probe granted pursuing a writ petition filed by activists (who are petitioners) Girish Mattennavar, Mahesh Shetty Thimarody, T. Jayanth and Vittala Gowda seeking quashing of the case.
SIT notices
The writ petition was filed aft the SIT issued notices nether Section 35(3) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita asking the 4 activists to look earlier it and cooperate with the probe of the case. While asking SIT to proceed with the investigation, Justice Mohammed Nawaz directed the bureau not to harass the 4 petitioners.
Chinniah had filed a nationalist involvement litigation (PIL) petition earlier the Supreme Court claiming that helium was forced to hide galore bodies successful Dharmasthala colony betwixt 1995 and 2014. He wanted the tribunal to contented directions to constabulary to behaviour an probe into the same.
The Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma dismissed the PIL connected May 5, 2025. He aboriginal filed a complainant earlier the Dharmasthala constabulary alleging the same. On the bid of the Belthangady court, the Dharmasthala constabulary registered his compliant nether Section 211(A) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. He past gave voluntary connection earlier the magistrate nether Section 183 of BNSS and produced a skull stating that it was that of a woman.
Skull not of woman
The SIT, which investigated the case, recovered that the skull produced by Chinnaiah was not of a pistillate but of a 32-year-old man. Except for partial skeletal remains of antheral astatine 2 places, the SIT did not find skeletal remains from respective places that were dug up. Then SIT took support of the tribunal to adhd further Sections 336, 230, 231, 229, 227, 228, 240, 236, 233, and 248 of BNS and arrested Chinniah connected August 23.
During his inquiry, Chinnaiah told SIT that helium got the skull from the 2012 rape and execution unfortunate Soujanya’s uncle Vittala Gowda and his (Mr. Gowda’s) member and helium produced the aforesaid earlier the magistrate.
He told the SIT that helium gave a mendacious ailment nether unit from Mr. Thimarody and 3 others. He besides mentioned that the connection which helium made earlier the Belthangady tribunal was mendacious and requested for making different connection earlier the aforesaid court. Then the tribunal recorded his voluntary connection nether Section 183 of BNSS for the 2nd time.
New revelations
In the written objection to the writ petition filed by Mr. Mattennavar and 3 others successful the High Court, the SIT said Chinnaiah revealed that 1 of the activists (among those who approached the High Court) was progressive successful a murder. In addition, Chinnaih made galore caller revelations pointing retired astatine the complexity of activists successful the case.
The SIT said that it has meticulously examined each spot of physics grounds collected from assorted integer devices, and has obtained the statements of different witnesses, too obtaining documentary records pertaining to the caller claims of Chinnaiah. Only aft cautious owed diligence, the SIT decided to contented notices nether Section 35 (3) of BNSS, it told the High Court.
By abusing the process of law, the activistic (Mr. Mattennavar) and his associates person earnestly damaged their credibility, and their question to unafraid justice, the SIT told the High Court.
