Senior advocate granted anticipatory bail

First Additional District and Sessions Judge T.P. Ramalingegowda has granted anticipatory bail to senior advocate Asha Nayak in a case related to the production of forged document to a city court.The

First Additional District and Sessions Judge T.P. Ramalingegowda has granted anticipatory bail to senior advocate Asha Nayak in a case related to the production of forged document to a city court. The case relates to the private complaint filed in 2011 by Shirestedar of Principal Civil Judge Court, Shivakumar Swamy Hiremath, before the II Additional Senior Civil Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mangaluru, against Gladias D. Almeida accusing the latter of producing a forged divorce decree in court. The Mangaluru North Police registered the case and filed a chargesheet against Almeida for offences punishable under Sections 120 (B), 465, 466, 467, 468, 471 and 420 of Indian Penal Code. Ms. Nayak, who was counsel for Almeida, is one among the witnesses named in the chargesheet. In August 2018, the Central Crime Branch was allowed to do further investigation and then, it was then transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).