BENGALURU: Police contended that actor Darshan, being an undertrial prisoner accused of homicide, can’t be handled on par with different prisoners as per the prevailing jail guidelines.
Within the assertion of objections filed by particular public prosecutor P Prasanna Kumar, Chandan Kumar N, ACP, Vijayanagar, Bengaluru and investigating officer of the Renukaswamy homicide case, wherein Darshan has been arrested, mentioned the Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Companies Handbook-2021 supplies for looking out an undertrial prisoner accused of homicide, together with his personal clothes and different articles.
“Additional, such prisoners aren’t permitted to retain their very own clothes, bedding, footwear and cutleries. On this case, the petitioner is accused of committing homicide and lined beneath the above-mentioned guidelines. Therefore, he’s not entitled for the aid sought within the current writ petition,” he added.
“Other than making omnibus statements concerning ‘ill-health’ of the petitioner, no doc by any means has been produced to substantiate his declare within the current petition. Moreover, a studying of your entire writ petition doesn’t point out any circumstance to allow privately sourced/residence cooked meals for the petitioner. The declare of the petitioner in search of to allow him to entry privately sourced meals is neither a necessity nor important for the petitioner,” the assertion learn.
Nonetheless, the prosecution admitted that Part 30 of the Prisons Act would allow an unconvicted prison prisoner to buy/obtain from personal sources, meals, clothes, bedding or writing supplies and different requirements. However Darshan has not made any such request to the inspector-general of the jail involved. “Even when such a request is to be made, the identical would nonetheless be on the discretion of the inspector-general, who upon contemplating the need, would go appropriate orders. With out availing the treatment and exhausting the identical, the petitioner has approached this courtroom,” the investigating officer mentioned.
As the government advocate requested for some lodging on Thursday, Justice SR Krishna Kumar adjourned the case listening to to Friday afternoon.
