90-year-old farmer convicted, sentenced to one-year imprisonment for encroaching 36 guntas of government land in Karnataka
The Hindu
The development has upset farmers. There are many cases of farmers encroaching on government land for cultivation and applying for grant of the same.
“No, he cannot hear you, he is over 90. In fact, he hardly gets out of bed,” said Susheelamma, about her husband Basappa of Bhadrapura in Shikaripur taluk of Shivamogga district in Karnataka. Basappa has been convicted for encroaching on government land by the Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition Special Court in Bengaluru.
Basappa attended the court proceedings via video conference on July 25, the day the special court pronounced its judgment.
“We made him sit before the camera for the video conference. He could not utter a word. He did not understand what the hearing was all about,” said his son, Aiyanna B.
The special court convicted Basappa of encroaching on 36 guntas of government land in Survey Number 19 in Bhadrapura in Bhadravati taluk.
In another case, his neighbour Channaiah, 71, has been convicted for encroaching on 25 guntas of land.
The court sentenced both to simple imprisonment of one year, besides a penalty of ₹5,000 each. If they fail to pay the fine, they have to undergo additional imprisonment for three months.
The court ordered the tahsildar of Shikaripur to recover the encroached land within 60 days and submit a report to the court.
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