MARGAO
In an order issued on Monday, the government has promoted Sardinha to the post of Director of Prosecution on the recommendation of the Departmental Promotion Committee as conveyed by the Goa Public Services Commission.
The order signed by Under Secretary (Home), Neetal P Amonkar stated that the Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay has conveyed the concurrence dated July 28 as required under Section 25A of the Cr PC 1973.
Sardinha was appointed as the Assistant Public Prosecutor way ba
ck in 1993 and served the post for around 11 years. She was posted in the courts of Margao and Vasco.
She was promoted as the Public Prosecutor in 2004 and was initially posted at Panaji and thereafter transferred to Margao. Sardinha has always been the prosecutor for the Principal Sessions Judge throughout her career.
As Public Prosecutor, Sardinha had handled a host of sensational cases in Margao including the Dr Verenkar murder case, wherein a city-based doctor at Vasco was murdered. In this case, the Court had awarded death penalty to the main accused and life sentence to the other accused. In appeal, the High Court had maintained the conviction, but the death penalty was reduced to life imprisonment. Sardinha had also conducted the infamous Sameer Mapari murder case.
She was promoted as the Public Prosecutor in 2004 and was initially posted at Panaji and thereafter transferred to Margao. Sardinha has always been the prosecutor for the Principal Sessions Judge throughout her career.
As Public Prosecutor, Sardinha had handled a host of sensational cases in Margao including the Dr Verenkar murder case, wherein a city-based doctor at Vasco was murdered. In this case, the Court had awarded death penalty to the main accused and life sentence to the other accused. In appeal, the High Court had maintained the conviction, but the death penalty was reduced to life imprisonment. Sardinha had also conducted the infamous Sameer Mapari murder case.
