K'taka HC stays proceedings against Nalapad Haris

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has directed to stay the proceeding for eight weeks against Mohammed Nalapad, son of Congress MLA NA Haris on the criminal proceedings against him in the attempt to murder case.  Nalapad’s legal counsel sought to quash of the case arguing that the Central Crime Branch police which filed the charge sheet is not an authorised police station in the eyes of the law, hence it cannot file a charge sheet.

It is gathered that the Bengaluru police and Special Public Prosecutor Shyam Sundar will be filing an objection against the court’s Judgement.

The charge sheet, filed by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) to the Additional Civil and Sessions Court, alleged that Nalapad initiated the incident and provoked his aides with the intention of murdering Vidvat. Nalapad has been charged for section 307 (attempt to murder), section 341 (wrongful restraint), 506 (criminal intimidation), 143 and 144 (unlawful assembly), 146 and 147 (rioting), 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code.

Nalapad was arrested on February 19, two days after he and his friends allegedly assaulted Vidvat, the son of a prominent businessman, at Farzi Café, an uptown café in Bengaluru, over a minor altercation and is currently out on bail after three months in jail.

This incident just few months before the state elections had created embarrassed. In order to avoid allegations of influence, the state government had transferred the case to CCB. Following the incident, Nalapal had lost his position of district Youth Congress president.