Godman’s petition dismissed by Mahila Court

 

 

Dismissing the petition, sessions Judge Meena Satheesh stated that “on perusal of records this court is of the considered view that there is prima facie material available on records to frame ch­arges against the petitioner, Venkata Sar­av­anan al­ias Prasanna Ven­ka­tc­harya Chat­urvedi.

 

On a complaint from a local resident on No­ve­mber 4, 2004, CCB, Eg­m­ore registered case aga­i­nst Chaturvedi, 36, and six others on the charge of co­mmitting 23 offences, including sexually assa­ult­ing minor girls and rap­ing a woman since 2003.  

 

In the discharge petition, he stated that there was no prima facie case against him and the prosecution had not made out the case even after eight years. He denied charges levelled by the prosecution.

 

The public prosecutor Gowri Asokhan, contended that Chaturvedi and others accused in the case were causing undue delay. The petitioner committed serious offences and the delay was due to the accused and not  the prosecution. Hence, the petition is liable to be dismissed, she submitted.