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Dr V S Acharya laid to rest with state honours

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February 15, 2012

Udupi, February 15: The Higher Education Minister Dr Vedavyas Srinivas Acharya, who passed away on Tuesday afternoon at Bangalore, was laid to rest with full state honours in the presence of a galaxy of political leaders and thousands of grief-stricken people.

The mortal remains of BJP veteran were consigned to flames in the early minutes of Wednesday at Hindu Rudra Bhoomi at Beedinagudde, near here.

Police fired three rounds in the air as a mark of respect to the departed leader. Though the last rites were commenced at 11:40 pm, Dr Acharya's two sons Dr Raviraj Acharya and Dr Kiran Acharya together lit the pyre amid chanting of hymns at 12:15 am.

A pall of gloom descended as his supporters turned up in large numbers to pay their last respects to the upper caste leader.

Prior to this the mortal remains were kept in front of Deputy Commissioner's office complex at End Point, Manipal for public viewing till 9:30 pm. The ambulance carrying the body from Mangalore Airport had reached Manipal around 8:15 pm.

Later, the mortal remains were taken to Dr Acharya's residence in Katte Acharya Marg, near Kadiyali, where his wife Shantha V Acharya, family members and relatives paid their last respect to their beloved patriarch.

Senior BJP leader and former Prime Minister L K Advani visited the family of Dr Acharya at 10: 45 pm, and then proceeded to the crematorium to participate in the final rites.

Apart from Mr Advani senior leaders of the state cabinet headed by Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda took part in the cremation.

Cutting across party lines, dignitaries like former CM BS Yeddyurappa, chairman of the Legislative Council DH Shankaramurthy, Congress veteran B Janardhan Poojary, Jagadish Shettar, Vishweshwar Hegade Kageri, Suresh Kumar, CM Udasi, Murugesh Nirani, Chandrakanth Bellad, Basavraj Bommai, Manorama Madhwaraj, Amarnath Shetty, Dr M Mohan Alva, Dr Ramdas M Pai, Dr HS Ballal, K Raghupathi Bhat, Haladi Srinivas Shetty, Gopal Bhandary, Kota Srinivas Poojary, Lalaji Mendon, Laxminarayana, Pratapchandra Shetty, Harikrishna Punaroor, Hallappa, Vinay Kumar Sorake, Sunil Kumar, Jayaprakash Hegde and others paid their last respect to the departed leader.

Speaking on the occassion Sadananda Gowda said that Dr Acharya had promised him to spend 15 days exclusively with him for preparing the state budget. With the death of Acharya he had lost a major helping hand.

Shankaramurthy said that though Acharya was a medical doctor he had medicine for most of the social problems. From Horticulture to Finance and from Education to Home Acharya not only had the knowledge but also was thorough on them, he said.







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February 1,2026

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash an investigation against a WhatsApp group administrator accused of allowing the circulation of obscene and offensive images depicting Hindutva politicians and idols in 2021.

Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that, prima facie, the ingredients of the offence under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code were made out. “The offence under Section 295A of the IPC is met to every word of its ingredient, albeit prima facie,” the judge said.

The petitioner, Sirajuddin, a resident of Belthangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, had challenged the FIR registered against him at the CEN (Cyber, Economics and Narcotics) police station, Mangaluru, for offences under Section 295A of the IPC and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act. Section 295A relates to punishment for deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of any class of citizens.

According to the complaint filed by K Jayaraj Salian, also a resident of Belthangady taluk, he received a WhatsApp group link from an unknown source and was added to the group after accessing it. The group reportedly had six administrators and around 250 participants, where obscene and offensive images depicting Hindu deities and certain political figures were allegedly circulated repeatedly.

Sirajuddin was arrested in connection with the case and later released on bail on February 16, 2021. He argued before the court that he was being selectively targeted, while other administrators—including the creator of the group—were neither arrested nor investigated. He also contended that the Magistrate could not have taken cognisance of the offence under Section 295A without prior sanction under Section 196(1) of the CrPC.

Rejecting the argument, Justice Nagaprasanna held that prior sanction is required only at the stage of taking cognisance, and not at the stage of registration of the crime or during investigation.

The judge noted that the State had produced the entire investigation material before the court. “A perusal of the material reveals depictions of Hindu deities in an extraordinarily obscene, demeaning and profane manner. The content is such that its reproduction in a judicial order would itself be inappropriate,” the court said, adding that the material, on its face, had the tendency to outrage religious feelings and disturb communal harmony.

Observing that the case was still at the investigation stage, the court said it could not interdict the probe at this juncture. However, it expressed concern that the investigating officer appeared to have not proceeded uniformly against all administrators. The court clarified that if the investigation revealed the active involvement of any member in permitting the circulation of such content, they must also be proceeded against.

“At this investigative stage, any further observation by this Court would be unnecessary,” the order concluded.

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