Her advocate Jagadish Kumar demanded Ramesh Jarkiholi’s arrest. (File)
Bengaluru: The girl within the purported intercourse video, allegedly involving former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, on Tuesday appeared earlier than a Justice of the Peace and recorded her assertion.
At the same time as media individuals, attorneys and policemen eagerly waited outdoors the magistrates’ courtroom on Nrupatunga Highway right here, she appeared earlier than the Justice of the Peace on the specifically designed Devoted Remand Court docket at Guru Nanak Bhavan in Vasanth Nagar, sources stated, citing safety causes for the modified plan.
Chatting with reporters later, her advocate Jagadish Kumar demanded Jarkiholi’s arrest.
After recording her assertion beneath 164 Crpc earlier than the Justice of the Peace, her voice sampling and recording of assertion by SIT beneath part 161 CrPC has been achieved, he stated.
‘Such a giant case has been registered, however the accused is roaming freely.
By means of the media what we enchantment to the police, the federal government and the courtroom is that now we have fulfilled our promise by producing the lady earlier than the courtroom…now allow them to arrest the accused instantly,’ he stated.
Kumar stated the lady recorded her assertion earlier than the courtroom with none worry.
Additional noting that police had offered satisfactory safety up to now, Kumar stated ‘spot mahajar, medical, assortment of proof and different processes’ need to happen.
The girl’s attorneys on Monday moved an software of requisition earlier than the Justice of the Peace courtroom to report her assertion earlier than it.
In keeping with sources, of their submission earlier than the courtroom on Tuesday, they stated the lady needed to depose earlier than the Justice of the Peace as she has ‘belief points’ with the Particular Investigating Staff, which is probing the case.
The courtroom allowed the appliance after searching for objection from the prosecution, sources stated.
The courtroom additionally stated that after recording an announcement earlier than the Justice of the Peace, the SIT can even accomplish that, they added.
An FIR was registered towards Jarkiholi on March 26,based mostly on a written criticism by the lady by way of her lawyer, beneath varied sections of IPC, together with 354A- sexual harassment, 506- prison intimidation, 504 – Intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace,376C- sexual activity by particular person in authority, 417- dishonest, additionally beneath IT act.
Jarkiholi, who was Water Sources Minister in Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led cupboard, had resigned on March three, a day after information channels aired movies of the alleged intercourse scandal.
Whereas Jarkiholi has repeatedly claimed his innocence and that the video was pretend, the lady within the purported intercourse video has accused him of sexually utilizing her, dishonest and threatening her after promising a authorities job.
Regardless of a number of notices by the police, the lady had not appeared earlier than them and had been releasing a collection of video statements from undisclosed areas, accusing Jarkiholi of dishonest her, fearing menace to her life, and searching for safety for her and relations.
She had additionally questioned the credibility of the SIT.
Additionally an unauthenticated letter reportedly written by the lady to the Chief Justice of the Karnataka Excessive Court docket, requesting to personally supervise the probe, had surfaced on Monday.
However, the lady’s household on Monday had requested the courts to not report her assertion as she is beneath duress,she be given at the very least 4 days time to be with them, or stored in a spot beneath courtroom supervision and offered counselling.
Blaming Karnataka Congress president D Ok Shivakumar for the ‘intercourse scandal’, the household had stated their daughter was beneath a variety of strain.
