The Hindu : Ruling on Mani's bail plea tomorrow

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Thursday, Oct 24, 2002

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Ruling on Mani's bail plea tomorrow

By Our Staff Correspondent

MYSORE Oct. 23. The Karnataka Government today did not oppose a fresh bail application filed in the Court of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Mysore, by the Tamil activist, "Kolathur" Mani, whose release has been demanded by the forest brigand, Veerappan, in connection with the kidnap of the former Karnataka Minister, H.Nagappa.

The Special Public Prosecutor, Thimmarayappa, told the court that the accused enjoyed a statutory right to bail. After hearing arguments of the parties, the judge, K.G.Hosur, reserved his ruling for Friday.

Filing the application in the TADA case against Mani, his counsel, Prakash, argued that the prosecution had failed to file a chargesheet against his client, though he had been in jail for more than six months. He said relevant rules provided for bail to the accused, if chargesheet was not filed within 180 days.

The Government move not to oppose bail to Mani assumes significance in view of Veerappan's demand for sending Mani for negotiations for the release of Mr. Nagappa, who has been in captivity for almost two months now.

Meanwhile, legal experts said that Mani's release on bail would fructify only if the accused secured bail in all the five cases pending against him. Mani has been booked in five cases, including TADA, the Indian Explosives Act and the Fire Arms Act.

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