Vidwath assault case: Nalapad Haris judicial custody extended till March 21st

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Bengaluru, May 7, 2018: The judicial custody of Mohammed Nalapad Haris, son of Shanthinagar MLA N.A. Haris, has been extended till March 21.

His judicial custody of two weeks ended on Wednesday and hence, the case had come up for hearing again. He was produced before the City Court through video conference from Parappana Agrahara Central Prison where he is lodged on Wednesday.

A Sessions court had recently dismissed his bail plea and he has approached the High Court of Karnataka seeking bail.

General Secretary of the District Youth Congress, Mohammed Nalapad Haris, the son of Shantinagar MLA NA Haris, on February 17, 2018, brutally assaulted Vidwath, leaving him with skull, nasal and rib-cage fractures. Police had booked a case against Nalapad under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Police had earlier booked Nalapad under the IPC Sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 506 (criminal intimidation), 143 and 144 (unlawful assembly), 146 and 147 (rioting), 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), he said.