Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore (SP)
Bangalore, Sep 17: The state high court has ordered for re-investigation of the case concerning the death of Padmapriya, wife of former Udupi MLA, K Raghupati Bhat.
Padmapriya had ostensibly committed suicide in a New Delhi apartment in 2008. The Corps of Detectives (COD), to which the case was entrusted, had investigated the case. The superintendent of police in that department had, after conducting investigation, filed charge sheet in Udupi junior magistrate (first class) court.
Thereafter, Raghupati Bhat had appealed to the high court, objecting to non-inclusion of certain sections of Indian Penal Code relating serious offences in the charge sheet.
Advocate for Bhat, Pradeep Kumar, said that judge of the high court, Justice Ananda Byrareddy, through a verdict delivered on Tuesday September 16, has ordered for reinvestigation of the case and filing of fresh charge sheet.