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Serve notice on Mani, others over bar scam: Kerala HC

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Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, High Court, Smart City Mission

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Saturday ordered that notice be served on former state finance minster K.M. Mani and others over the bar scam in the state, following a fresh petition in the case that said the leader was not heard.

The single bench of Justice B. Sudheendra Kumar also directed the vigilance department to hand over all files pertaining to the case, and posted the matter for December 2.

The high court gave its order after a petitioner, Sunny Mathew, approached the court with a fresh plea stating that the high court judgment which came earlier this month upholding the vigilance court order, did not hear Mani.

The court order asked all those in position to see that they keep silent and not engage in open debates in this case.

The Special Vigilance Court, in the state capital, had last month quashed the clean chit given by the vigilance department to Mani and asked for a further probe.

Mani quit as minister a day after the high court order.

Trouble began for Mani and the Oommen Chandy government after whistle-blower bar owner Biju Ramesh said in October 2014 that Mani was paid a bribe of Rs.1 crore for his promise that the bars closed in the state in the wake of a new liquor policy would be reopened.

Since then the Left opposition was up in arms and was constantly demanding the resignation of Mani and also State Excise Minister K. Babu, who Ramesh later said, was also given money to reduce the annual bar license fees.

Asked by reporters about his reaction, Chief Minister Chandy shot back: “Did you not hear what the court said, none should express their opinion.”

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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