New Delhi:

Calling it an abuse of the process of the law, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar to shift him from Mandoli Jail in the national capital to any other prison, except ones in Punjab and Delhi.

A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and P B Varale noted similar pleas previously filed by Chandrasekhar were dismissed by the top court.

The bench told Chandrasekhar that his grievance was against the Delhi government and now with a change in the dispensation, the grievance does not survive.

“You have money to spend, you keep on taking chances. This is abuse of process of law. How can you keep filing same petition?” it said.

It went on, “We are not inclined to entertain the petition filed under Article 32 of the constitution. We have not expressed opinion on merits of the case. However we cannot resist ourselves in expressing that present petitioner has tried to misuse process of law by filing writs one after another under guise of changed circumstances.” Senior advocate Shoeb Alam, appearing for Chandrasekhar, said the petitioner had a right under Article 21 of the Constitution not to be kept away from his family.

He sought Chandrasekhar to be sent to any jail in Karnataka or near it.

“We are worried about society and its safety also. Your fundamental rights cannot be enforced at the cost of others. Look at the kind of allegations you levelled against the officers,” added the bench.

The top court had sought response from the Delhi government on Chandrasekhar’s plea.

Chandrasekhar claimed he was put under surveillance with two cameras to pressure him to withdraw his complaints.

His lawyer argued Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena recommended a probe by the CBI against former minister Satyendra Jain on Chandrasekhar’s complaint.

“Please, send me anywhere in the country, except Punjab and Delhi where the Aam Aadmi Party is not there,” he submitted.

The top court last year dismissed Chandrasekhar and his wife’s plea seeking a direction to authorities to shift them from Mandoli Jail to a prison outside Delhi raising security concerns and said his plea was “without substance” and there was “no justification to grant indulgence” to them.

Chandrasekhar accused Jain of extorting Rs 10 crore “protection money” from him aside from claiming that he contributed about Rs 50 crore to AAP.

He was earlier transferred from Tihar Jail to Mandoli Jail after he approached the court claiming threat to his life.

The alleged conman and his wife are lodged in jail on charges of alleged money laundering and cheating several people.

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A woman in South Korea has been sentenced to six months in jail and two years of probation after she was found guilty of stalking and harassing her adult daughter, the Independentreported. While her name has not been revealed, she is said to be in her 50s. The harassment, which occurred from December 2021 to May 2022, involved 306 text messages and 111 phone calls, according to Daejeon District Court documents.

The initial messages were normal and mostly contained ordinary requests like suggesting Bible readings or asking about whereabouts. However, when she did not receive replies from her daughter for a long period of time, the messages became abusive, including derogatory comments about the daughter’s sexual behaviour.

Not only that, the woman then resorted to physically stalking her daughter and dropping her at her residence multiple times, unannounced. She also used to peep into her daughter’s home.

Despite a police injunction issued last June, the woman trespassed six more times. She claimed that her actions were not deliberate, but the court dismissed her argument. 

The court then handed her a prison sentence of six months and also ordered her to complete 40 hours of anti-stalking education.

According to South Korean law, individuals found guilty of stalking can face fines of up to 30 million won (Rs 18,78,008) or imprisonment for a maximum of three years. In March 2021, lawmakers in the country passed a stricter law against stalkers which went into effect in October 2021, as per Straits Times. 

In cases where the offender stalks while carrying a weapon, the penalty increases to 50 million won (31,25,083) and a five-year jail sentence.