Team Goemkarponn
MAPUSA: Janardan Khorate, the prime accused for trespassing, kidnapping, and robbery during an attempt to forcibly evict his house in Anjuna, was granted bail by the Mapusa Additional Sessions Court on a personal bail bond of fifteen thousand rupees.
The court also ruled that Khorate’s arrest was unlawful because the accused was not given grounds for arrest in compliance with the Supreme Court’s orders.
The investigation also found that Khorate and his associates had abducted the maid from the Sinary household. Additionally, it was discovered that the Mapusa-based Aryan Security Agency was functioning without a license, which is required by the Private Security Agency Regulation Act (PSARA). In order to revoke the agency’s license, the Crime Branch is currently writing to the relevant authority.
Khorate had been running away ever since the crime was committed. The majority of the pilfered goods have been found and placed under a panchanama. Teams have been established by the Crime Branch to capture the remaining fugitive suspects.
The case was transferred to the Crime Branch on February 13 after it was discovered that the complainant’s maid had been kidnapped from the scene of the crime. Sections 309, 140, 61, and 310 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, which deal with abduction, criminal conspiracy, and robbery/dacoity, were then added to the case. Rakesh Raha, Parshuram Gawas, and Vickey Naik were arrested in connection with the case on February 13.
Khorate had previously filed an anticipatory bail application before the Additional Sessions Court in Mapusa, but the Crime Branch opposed it and it was ultimately denied.
