While allowing a habeas corpus petition by Mouris D’Souza, challenging the detention of his nephew Ananda Ashoka Montheiro under COFEPOSA, the Bench, headed by Justice VG Sabhahit, ordered the authorities to immediately release the detenue. The Court, which held the detention illegal on the grounds of delay in serving the detention order to the detenue, however, granted liberty to the authorities to initiate fresh action in accordance with law.

Montheiro allegedly received fake currency notes sent via Chennai from Dubai near a temple in the City on October 30, 2006 and was taken to custody by Revenue Intelligence officers. The detention order was passed against him in December, 2006.

Bail rejected

The High Court refused bail to one Mohana alias Double Meter, who is one of the accused in the murder of a man at a traffic point in Bangalore city,in April this year.

Justice Subhash B Adi dismissed the bail petition filed by Mohana, fourth accused in the case registered for murder of Balu, a social worker.

It was alleged that on April 21, 2007, when Balu was returning home after visiting Janata Dal party office with his brother, the petitioner and a few other accused had followed him and assaulted him to death at the traffic point near Urvashi theatre, Lalbagh Road.