Mangaluru: Kavoor police have apprehended a 44-year-old woman who had allegedly been absconding for around five years without appearing before the court in connection with a housemaid theft case registered in 2019.
The accused has been identified as Latha Maria (44), wife of late Lasrado Maria and a resident of Ananda Nagar, Akash Bhavan, Mangaluru.
Case registered in 2019
The case was registered at Kavoor police station as Crime No. 33/2019 under Section 381 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), relating to theft by a clerk or servant.
The case is pending before the Senior Civil Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Mangaluru, under LPC No. 05/2024.
According to police, Latha Maria had failed to appear before the court in connection with the case and remained unavailable for several years.
As she continued to remain absent from the proceedings, an arrest warrant was issued against her. She was subsequently declared an LPC accused.
Police trace accused at Jyothi Nagar
Acting on the arrest warrant, Kavoor police launched efforts to trace the accused.
The Kavoor police officer and staff eventually located and apprehended Latha Maria at Jyothi Nagar in Mangaluru.
Police took her into custody in accordance with the warrant issued in the pending case. Further legal proceedings will follow before the jurisdictional court.
The apprehension brings to an end the woman’s prolonged period of absence from the court proceedings in the 2019 case.