Bengaluru: A local court acquitted a man who had allegedly beheaded his uncle and carried the severed head to the police station citing lack of evidence. In 2014, Praveen Patil, an autorickshaw driver from Wadgaon, allegedly brutally attacked his uncle Rajaram Patil of Yellur over a land dispute that was going on for a long time. Praveeen beheaded Rajaram, carried the head in his autorickshaw to the police station and surrendered before the police.
After the case was registered and the chargesheet filed, the case was being heard at the District Principal and Sessions Court.The police top brass is planning to go on an appeal before a higher court within the next few weeks.
Police Commissioner T.G. Krishna Bhatt said that details of the case will be collected within sometime and usually the department files an appeal in the higher court against such heinous crimes when the verdict goes against the police.
