The Court of Sessions Judge of Andha Prosecution Ms. Ankita and others

Assignment Task

The Union of Allogria is a Democratic Republic in South of Ragni with second largest population in the world. It is a rapidly developing country; however it has a high suicide rate and any open discussion on mental health issue is still a taboo. However from 2011-2014 the suicide rate showed a slight decline. Statistics also showed that the young population was addicted to smart phones and social media platforms like, Speedogram (similar to Instagram) and

The State of Maha has the highest suicide rate in the Union of Allogria especially among the youth. Maha is also Allogria’s entertainment center, as many Reality TV shows and movies are shot in the State of One of the most famous Reality TV show in Allogria was Baazi-Ghar. The show had a wide audience spanning across the whole of Allogria.

Baazi-Ghar was a reality TV show, where 10 contestants called, “housemates” live together for 10 continuous weeks in a specially constructed house, located at Andha, isolated from the outside world. The 10 housemates were selected by the Producer. The housemates were voted out/ evicted on a weekly basis and during the 10 ^th week of the finale, the last remaining participant would be declared the

During the stay in the house, the housemates were given tasks by the Producer; Mr. Suman Sekar through the Host, which was monitored through the CCTV cameras placed inside the house, except for the restrooms, changing area, and the smoking room. The CCTV was monitored by the Technical expert, Mr. Sriram and his team. The performance of the task and interesting interactions between the participants was also compiled and telecasted on TV the same evening. (Events till 5.00 pm on the same day and beyond that next day).

There was also a confession room and a smoking room. In the confession room, the housemates used to convey their private thoughts to the camera which was also telecasted on TV. However the smoking room did not have a CCTV, but the conversations could be heard very clearly as sound proofing was not done for the smoking room. The Producer decided not to sound proof the room because he wanted to catch the conservation from the microphone for additional Television Rating

At the end of every week, i.e on Friday the housemates reveal their nominee for eviction from the Then the 2 housemates with most number of evictions were announced and the viewer get to pick and evict one of the nominees, through SMS. The nominee with the highest number of public vote would get evicted and would leave the house. After two weeks, the Producer used to throw one special party for the participants, where expensive foreign liquor and gourmet food used to be served. The liquor was served only in these parties and not in the house. This party was not for telecast.

The pattern of the show was such that the surrounding environment would cause mental stress to the housemates and they were judged by the way they coped up with the situations around them. The producers however had taken measures to provide consultation in case of mental They installed mental healthcare center for the current and former housemates to help them cope with any mental issues. As mental health issue was taboo in Allogria, the housemate’s identity who had taken recourse to this service was kept confidential.

In the 11 ^th edition of the show in 2018, totally 10 housemates, 5 male and 5 female, were selected to stay in the house for total period of 10 weeks starting from 1 ^st July 2018 till 7 ^th September 2018. The housemates were to complete all the tasks assigned to them and were to report the same in their daily time Every Friday, the housemates were to vote and evict one contestant. Their daily movements would be telecasted on TV. The telecast was slated every day for half an hour between 8:00 pm to 8:30 pm and special voting telecast on Friday at 8:00 pm to 9:00pm.

One of the housemates was Ms. Pooja aged 22, who belonged to the State of Maha was a very wealthy heiress of the 7 star hotels, St. Linclin. Her parents were of mixed nationalities and she was educated abroad. She spent all her money on parties and vacations. However due to her shrewdness & snobbish behavior she didn’t have many friends. Like many people her age, she was addicted to social media and had 1 million followers on Speedogram. She would frequently post videos of her parties, beauty tips and photos of her on vacation. However Pooja was suffering from Insomnia and was prescribed small dosages of Melatonin .

On the Baazi-Ghar show, Pooja had survived the first 3 weeks, and only 7 housemates including her were left. While the show was on air, as the housemates were partially cut off from the outside world, they would get frustrated and would get easily provoked by other housemates. Pooja would lose her cool very easily and would also shout at other housemates. This earned her the name of “the most hated person” on the

From the very beginning of the show, Pooja had developed a bitter relationship with her roommate, Ankita Singh. Ankita and Pooja disliked each other and during the weekly evictions would always find ways to get rid of each other from the House. Their fights were telecasted on TV to gain Television Rating Points. Many a time, the microphone would catch Ankita talking badly about One day the microphone caught Ankita telling Prithvi, another housemate “Pooja is a menace in this world and people like her don’t last long.”

Ankita was from Canna, a southern state in Allogria, but wasn’t very well off. She was struggling Ankita was hoping that the stardom from Baazi-Ghar would help her further her painting career. Ankita was close to Prithvi and used to openly narrate her dislike towards Pooja. Prithvi was a good listener and would merely listen to Ankita without giving any advice.

To cope with the stress of the show, Pooja used to constantly use Speedogram. Pooja was so addicted to Speedogram through the Speedo poll, Pooja used to ask her fans, which housemate she should eliminate during the upcoming eviction. Quiet often she would act in accordance to the feedback received from her Speedo poll. The Producer of the show would telecast her excessive Speedogram usage on television as

Her only friend in the house was Karthik who was also from Maha and was the son of a wealthy real estate business man. Like Pooja he too was interested only in parties and vacation in exotic places. He also had a Speedogram account with a million followers. Karthik and Pooja were very close and would talk to each other for hours which was also telecast on TV

During the 6 ^th week at the house, the tension was very high as only 4 housemates were left; Pooja and Karthik along with Prithvi and Ankita. Unlike Pooja, Ankita could only cope with mental stress by Therefore Ankita used to collect the left over liquor from the parties in her red sipper bottle and store it in her room. When Pooja caught wind of this, she threatened Ankita and said that she would complain to the Producer during the upcoming eviction. Pooja also told Ankita that she had known from the very beginning that she was stealing the liquor.

As Pooja was very active on Speedogram, her latest Speedo poll indicated that she would be nominating Ankita for eviction during the coming Friday round, i.e 5.8.2018. These results from the Speedo Poll were also telecasted on TV on the same day. On the same day, the microphone caught Ankita talking in the smoking room with Prithvi. Ankita was heard saying, “ I have had enough of Pooja’s blackmail and would soon get rid of her.” On the same day, Ankita’s confession video, which was telecasted on TV saw her saying , “I will get rid of Pooja one way or other”.

On 6.8.2018 Pooja got up very late and missed the time to clean the house, therefore all the responsibility fell on Ankita, Prithvi and Karthik. Thereafter at 11:00 am Ankita was seen whispering to Prithvi, Ankita said “I want to get rid of Pooja” . When Pooja got up at 12:00 PM, Ankita, shouted at Pooja and said, “Pooja, you aren’t worthy of anything. You are just a lucky, rich, spoilt girl who does not help with the tasks and doesn’t even deserve good people and might as well die.” Pooja seemed to be deeply hurt by Ankita’s words. She did not speak to anybody for next hour. After sometime at 1:00 PM Karthik came to pacify her but she brushed him

As usually Pooja went on Speedo poll at 2:00 pm and typed, “Hahahaha, I am useless, (So?) I just die??” Within 4 hours at 6:00 pm she got one hundred replies, and 75% replied with funny emojies that she should die, whereas the rest replied in the negative. All this was broadcasted on TV on 8.2018 and it was quiet embarrassing for Pooja.

After the telecast on 7.8.2018, Pooja was quiet disturbed and went to bed early, i.e at 8:45 PM. She locked the room and Ankita, who usually sleeps late, was forced to sleep on the couch in the living

Thereafter on 8.8.2018 everyone in the house was ready at 9:00 am and all were waiting for their task. However Pooja did not join them irrespective of the fact that it was an important task for the finale Karthik was worried about her but Ankita abruptly commented saying “Pooja is a mad girl, Karthik, you should focus on the finale instead of wasting your time on pampering hybrid Pooja . ”

However after completing his task Karthik went to Pooja’s room at 11:00 am and knocked on her door, but the door was locked and no one answered. Therefore, he searched for her in the rest of the No one was able to find Pooja, finally Ankita told everyone that Pooja went to bed early and locked the room.

Therefore Karthik banged on Pooja’s door, forced open the room door and went inside. Pooja was not in the room, but the restroom door was slightly open and the light was on. Karthik went inside the restroom and was shocked to find that Pooja was lying on the restroom floor, her eyes were open but her pulse absent. An empty bottle of Melatonin and a red sipper bottle with traces of liquor, with Ankita’s name on it; was found in the dustbin Karthik immediately called the Health Services who declared her They estimated her time of death to be around 2:00 am on 8.8.2019. The preliminary post mortem revealed that Pooja might have died due to an adverse reaction from Melatonin mixed with liquor.

Immediately the studio-incharge of Baazi Ghar , Mr. Vignesh called the Local Police from Andha the Police immediately started to examine the CCTV footage to draw-up a timeline. On examining the CCTV of the room, the police saw that Pooja was using her phone till 1:30 AM and thereafter they saw her take her Melatonin pills and a red sipper bottle to the restroom. On examining Pooja’s Speedogram account the police came across her Speedo poll where she asked her followers, the following question, “Hahahaha, I am useless, –so? I just die?? and saw the 75% users who replied in the affirmative with funny emoji. The police discovered 3 videos uploaded by a very drunk Pooja on her speedogram account at 1:00 am, 1:05 am, and 1:15 am laughing about the results of the Speedo Pooja was seen saying, “Ankita will be very happy to see me to dead, she will get her wish.” The Producer and the Technical expert also informed the police that Pooja had not uploaded her Daily time video the previous night.

Pursuant to the Speedo Poll and the video on Pooja’s Speedogram account, the Police registered a case under section 153A & 306 IPC and section 84B and 84C of the IT Act. The Police booked Ankita, the Allogrian Head of Speedogram as the 1 ^st & 2 ^nd Defendants and then followed by the Producer, technical expert of the show and 10 people (who they were able to identify) who had answered Pooja’s SpeedoPoll in the affirmative, the police also booked unknown person who replied in the affirmative to Pooja’s Speedo

The police, led by Inspector Virat Singh, had carried out investigation. The police interrogated, parents of Pooja, Karthik, Prithvi, the accused Ankita and the Producer. During the investigation, the police collected all the CCTV footage from the house, the audio recording from the smoking room and other footage of Ankita abusing Pooja. The Police filed a charge sheet in the Sessions Court and the magistrate committed the case for

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