Nayana murder: Choudhary to file appeal today

Even as the the three-week deadline to appeal against the Bombay High Court permitting accused Rajesh Pandurang Choudhary...

Even as the the three-week deadline to appeal against the Bombay High Court permitting accused Rajesh Pandurang Choudhary (23) to turn approver in the sensational gangrape and muder case of Nayana Pujari ends on next Monday,advocate B A Aloor,counsel for Choudhary is all set to submit the appeal on Wednesday. The next date for hearing the case in Pune district sessions court is August 16.

On July 23,when Choudhary was brought to the court to record his approver’s statement,Aloor had requested Pune district judge Madan Trimbak Joshi,who is hearing the case,to grant him time to move the Bombay High Court against Joshis own order of allowing Choudhary to become an approver. Following this,Joshi issued a stay on recording the approver’s statement and allowed three weeks to file the appeal in the High Court.

Choudhary had shown willingness to turn approver in the case through an application on July 22.

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Special public prosecutor Harshad Nimbalkar had filed a say in the court on July 6,stating that the prosecution had no objection if Choudhary was ready to make full and true disclosure of the circumstances of the crime within his knowledge.

Aloor said Choudhary was allowed to become an approver under the condition that he must give true and complete disclosure of the crime. However,Choudhary was not present during Pujaris muder. Hence,he cannot tell the complete incidence of crime, Aloor said.

He added that as per SC,a judicial magistrate cannot record an approvers statement. It has to be done by the sessions judge or additional sessions judge.

Pujari (28),an employee of Synechron in Kharadi,was allegedly kidnapped,robbed and gangraped on October 7,2009 by Mahesh Balasaheb Thakur (24),Yogesh Raut (24) and Vishwas Hindurao Kadam (26).

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According to the chargesheet,Choudhary was not present during the murder.

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