Homestay attack: Court rejects bail plea of 17 ; Two more held

August 29, 2012

Mangalore, August 29: A local court has rejected the bail petitions of 17 persons arrested in the July 28 Padil Morning Mist Home Stay attack case.

The first additional district and session's court will pronounce on August 31 the order on the bail petitions of three other accused. Main accused Subash Padil and co-accused Ganesh haven't moved the court for bail.

The 17 whose bail petitions were rejected are: Sharath, Tharanath Kannur, Rajesh, Chethan, Sunil, Harish, Shailesh, Puneeth, Varun Poojary, Kiran Poojary, Suresh Poojary, Mithun Poojary, Sampath, Deepak, Ramesh Kotiyan, Jagadish and Nithin.

Mangalore South assistant commissioner of police T R Jagannath, the investigating officer in the case, said the accused had unsuccessfully moved the lower JMFC court for bail earlier.

The trio whose fate will be known on August 31 — Sandeep Shetty, Venugopal and Tharanath — have filed an affidavit before the court, accusing a police officer, whose daughter was among those attacked in the birthday party, of trying to influence the lower court against them.

In a related development, police arrested two more persons — Dinesh of Nanthoor and Puneeth of Battragudde — taking the total to 24.

The duo have been sent to 14-day judicial custody. The 15 accused, whose period of police custody ended, were produced before the court and sent back to judicial custody.

Deputy commissioner of police (law and order) M Muthuraya said leads revealed by the accused helped police arrest two more in the case.

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SMR Public School’s ‘EXCELLENTIA’ highlights academic excellence and holistic growth

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December 16,2025

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