Man sentenced to three years in prison for obstructing an official from carrying out his duties

Man sentenced to three years in prison for obstructing an officer in the performance of his duties. | Photo credit: Special Arrangements

A court in Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar district has sentenced a man to three years in prison for preventing a village accountant from discharging his official duties.

The village accountant of Shivapura circle in Hangala hobli of Gundlupet taluk, Basavaraj Pujeri, had lodged a complaint with the police against Srikantaswamy of Wadeyennapura village for picking a fight with him and abusing him in foul language for pouthi khatha to an applicant on August 1, 2018.

According to the complaint to the Gundlupet police, Mr. Srikantaswamy had prevented the complainant Mr. Basavaraj from discharging his official duties. Mr. Srikantaswamy had confronted Mr. Basavaraj for pouthi khatha of a plot of land to an applicant during his previous employment as Village Accountant of Bommalapura District in Gundlupet.

Meanwhile, Investigating Officer Venkatesh of Gundlupet police station conducted an investigation and filed charges against Mr. Srikantaswamy under Section 353 and Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code.

Chief Civil Judge of Gundlupet J Shivakumar, who is also a judge of the JMFC court, heard the case and found Srikantaswamy guilty of the charge. The judge sentenced him to three years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 under Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). In addition, Mr. Srikantaswamy was sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 500 under Section 504 of the IPC.

Mohammed Waseemulla, deputy public prosecutor at the Gundlupet High Court, argued the case on behalf of the government, a press release said.