Mangaluru: A 30-year-old man from Maharashtra , who had been absconding for five years in connection with a series of housebreaking and theft cases registered at Kadaba police station, appeared before the court on Friday and was remanded to judicial custody.
The accused, Vishal Phonke, was among those booked in four cases registered at Kadaba police station in 2016 under Sections 457 and 380 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). He is also an accused in another case registered at Puttur Rural police station under Sections 457 and 380 of the IPC, which is pending trial. The other accused were Narasimha alias Raju of Doddaballapura, Vijay Suresh Ponke and Naveen Chandra Singh of Maharashtra, Chandrakanth Poojary of Uttara Kannada, and Prakash Bahadur of Mandya. Vishal had been evading court proceedings for the past five years. Despite efforts to trace him, he remained absconding, following which a proclamation was issued against him. A MOB has been opened against Vishal at Kadaba police station.
The court had earlier sentenced them to two years’ imprisonment. He appeared before the II ACJ and JMFC Court, Puttur (Mobile Court, Kadaba), following which the court remanded him to judicial custody.