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BJP
legislator surrenders after apex court rejects bail
Wednesday March 09, 2011 06:10:58 PM,
IANS
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Bhubaneswar:
A BJP legislator in Orissa surrendered in a fast track court
Wednesday, two months after the Supreme Court rejected the bail
granted to him by a lower court in a murder case relating to the
2008 anti-Christian riots in Kandhamal district, a lawyer said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manoj Kumar Pradhan
surrendered before the first track court at Phulbani - the
district headquarter town of Kandhamal, his lawyer Ajit Patnaik
said.
"He was sent to jail. He will again move the court for bail as per
the provision of the law," Patnaik told IANS
A fast track court June last year awarded Pradhan seven years of
rigorous imprisonment. Pradhan appealed against the sentence at
the high court and moved for bail. The high court granted him bail
July 7 last year.
Kanak Rekha Naik, the widow of the man who was killed and burnt in
the riots, had moved the apex court challenging the high court
verdict granting bail to Pradhan.
The Supreme Court in January this year rejected the high court
order, ruling that a public representative could not be treated
differently.
Pradhan took more than two months to surrender because there was
no specific direction from the Supreme Court or from the high
court. Besides, he was participating in the assembly session, the
lawyer said.
Kandhamal district, about 200 km from here, witnessed widespread
violence after the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader
Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides at his ashram
Aug 23, 2008.
At least 38 people were killed and more than 25,000 Christians
were forced to flee their homes after their houses were attacked
by mobs that held Christians responsible for the Swami's killing,
although the police blamed the Maoists.
Pradhan, who faced 12 cases for his involvement in the riots, was
convicted in two for murder and acquitted in over half a dozen
relating to arson and rioting. He was arrested in October 2008. He
fought the assembly elections in April 2009 from jail and defeated
senior Congress leader Ajaynti Pradhan.
The government has set up two fast track courts in the district to
try criminal cases related to the communal riots.
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