<p>The High Court on Wednesday reduced the quantum of imprisonment to a man sentenced for life in a lower court for murdering his wife. <br /><br /></p>.<p>A Division Bench comprising Justice K Sreedhar Rao and Justice H Billappa issued orders of eight years of imprisonment. On January 14, 2009, Nagappa, a resident of Raste Magunte village in Jagalur taluk of Davangere, had murdered his wife Shantamma, enraged by her comment that she has illicit relationships. <br /><br />Nagappa, after committing the crime, reported it to the nearest police station. The Davangere Fast Track court sentenced Nagappa for life on April 24, 2009. Later, Nagappa wrote a letter to the High Court mentioning that he did not have enough money to appeal. The High Court took cognisance of his letter and appointed advocate B Anand as the amicus curiae for Nagappa. <br /><br />Order reserved<br /><br /> The High Court reserved the orders on a petition filed by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (Nice) and its associate firms seeking to quash the Lokayukta court order in social activist T J Abraham’s private complaint alleging irregularities in Bangalore-Mysore Express Highway project.<br /><br />Nice had filed a petition before the High Court challenging the Lokayukta court’s direction for probe into the Nice project. <br /><br />The Lokayukta court had ordered probe against 30 persons, including former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, former external affairs minister SM Krishna and Nice managing director Ashok Kheny.<br /></p>
<p>The High Court on Wednesday reduced the quantum of imprisonment to a man sentenced for life in a lower court for murdering his wife. <br /><br /></p>.<p>A Division Bench comprising Justice K Sreedhar Rao and Justice H Billappa issued orders of eight years of imprisonment. On January 14, 2009, Nagappa, a resident of Raste Magunte village in Jagalur taluk of Davangere, had murdered his wife Shantamma, enraged by her comment that she has illicit relationships. <br /><br />Nagappa, after committing the crime, reported it to the nearest police station. The Davangere Fast Track court sentenced Nagappa for life on April 24, 2009. Later, Nagappa wrote a letter to the High Court mentioning that he did not have enough money to appeal. The High Court took cognisance of his letter and appointed advocate B Anand as the amicus curiae for Nagappa. <br /><br />Order reserved<br /><br /> The High Court reserved the orders on a petition filed by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (Nice) and its associate firms seeking to quash the Lokayukta court order in social activist T J Abraham’s private complaint alleging irregularities in Bangalore-Mysore Express Highway project.<br /><br />Nice had filed a petition before the High Court challenging the Lokayukta court’s direction for probe into the Nice project. <br /><br />The Lokayukta court had ordered probe against 30 persons, including former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, former external affairs minister SM Krishna and Nice managing director Ashok Kheny.<br /></p>
