kochi merc case: judge booked for trying to destroy evidence
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 3 -- The additional district judge whose 17-year-old son rammed his Mercedes into a scooter and killed the rider in Kochi last month, was booked under fresh charges of trying to destroy evidence on Monday following a complaint by the victim's family, police said.
The judge was earlier booked on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, along with rash and negligent driving of the BNS, and under provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act. The family of the victim, Jayabalakrishnan, on Sunday registered a fresh complaint, alleging he spent a lot of time at the accident site in a bid to destroy evidence and also forced a police officer to delete a photograph of his son clicked by a member of the victim's family. Kochi police commissioner R Nishanthini confirmed the complaint.
The judge was granted interim protection from arrest by the high court on Thursday. After the court's order, Jayalakshmi, the victim's niece, said: "The accused judge is trying all the tricks to get himself relieved from the case."...
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