Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, Aug 27: The court granted anticipatory bail to Rekha (32), who is facing charges of killing her 15-month-old female child Sanwika and trying to kill her five-year-old son Satwika in Kubja river in her
neighbourhood, Kumtiberu, Yadamoge village.
Rekha had earlier lodged a false police complaint that unknown people who came in the cover of darkness in the wee hours on July 11 had kidnapped her child while she was sleeping. The lifeless body of Sanwika was found the next day in Kubja river at Karoor of Hosangadi village. District SP Nisha James who had taken special initiative regarding the mysterious disappearance of the infant, grew suspicious as the mother of the infant was changing her statements frequently. A case under IPC section 302, 307 and 309 was registered against Rekha on the basis of statements by Satwik, the accused’s son.
Rekha
The prosecution strongly objected to the anticipatory bail application submitted on the accused’s behalf. Advocate Ravikiran Murdeshwar had argued that the accused did the crime as she was suffering from puerperium, a mental illness found among women immediately after delivery of child.
Udupi district session judge, G M Joshi who listened to the arguments on both the sides has granted conditional bail to the accused.