Daijiworld Media Network – Kadaba

Kadaba, Apr 25: A notorious criminal who had been absconding in Andhra Pradesh after the pronouncement of sentence in a murder case has been arrested by Kadaba police and produced before the court on April 25.

The accused is identified as N M Abdul Azeez (30), a resident of Ajjavara in Sullia.

The case relates to the discovery of a woman’s decomposed body under a culvert near a public road at Amaithadka in Kombaru village of Puttur, under Kadaba police station limits, on January 31, 2012.

Following the incident, Kadaba police registered a case in Crime No. 15/2012 under Sections 302, 201 read with 34 of the IPC and took up investigation. The then investigating officer M N Anucheth IPS collected the necessary evidence and filed a charge sheet before the court against the accused, N M Abdul Azeez.

During the trial, the division bench of the High Court comprising judges Srinivas Harish Kumar and Vijay Kumar A Patil found the charges proved and sentenced the accused to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 2,00,000.

Government prosecutor K P Yashodha had effectively argued the case before the court.

After the sentence was pronounced, the accused had absconded and was evading arrest. Kadaba police sub-inspector Jamburaj Mahajan and station staff traced and arrested him in Andhra Pradesh and produced him before the court on April 25.