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Girl you’re my passion
You got me so addicted
Girl you’re my passion
You got me so… addicted
Even if we get caught in the rain
I know our love won’t wash away
(You got me so addicted)
No matter if we get caught in the rain
I know our love won’t wash away
Storm or hurricane*
Girl our love will find a way
I wanna see the sunset in your eyes
Lying next to you every single night
Wanna be the reason that you smile
Baby go with me, it’s ride on tide
Mohabbat barsa dena tu, sawan aaya hai
Tere aur mere milne ka, mausam aaya hai
Sabse chhupa ke tujhe seene se lagaana hai
Pyar mein tere hadd se guzar jaana hai
Itna pyar kisi pe, pehli baar aaya hai
Mohabbat barsa dena tu, sawan aaya hai
Tere aur mere milne ka, mausam aaya hai
Sabse chhupa ke tujhe seene se lagana hai
Pyar mein tere hadd se guzar jaana hai
Itna pyar kisi pe, pehli baar aaya hai
Kyun ek pal ki bhi judaai sahi jaaye na
Kyun har subah tu meri sanson me samaye na
Aaja na tu mere paas, dungi itna pyar main
Kitni raat guzaari hai, tere intezar mein
Kaise bataaun jazbaat ye mere
Maine khud se bhi zyaada tujhe chaaha hai
Sab kuch chhod ke aana tu, sawan aaya hai
Tere aur mere milne ka, mausam aaya hai
Sabse chhupa ke tujhe seene se lagana hai
Pyar mein tere hadd se guzar jaana hai
Itna pyar kisi pe, pehli baar aaya hai
Girl you’re my passion
You got me so addicted
Girl you’re my passion
You got me so.. I will be there

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Shanmughan Manjunath Shanmugam Manjunath (24 October 1978 – 19 November 2005) was a marketing manager (grade A officer) for the Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) who was murdered for sealing a corrupt petrol station in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP. This incident inspired several students at IIM, IIT and other institutes culminating with the IIM students setting up the "The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust".
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Education
Manjunath did his initial schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, BEML Nagar, Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka. He finished his 10th in 1993 and 12th std in science stream in 1995 from the same school. Later on he did his Computer Science Engineering degree from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.
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Opposition to corruption and murder
While working for the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in Lucknow, he had ordered two petrol pumps at Lakhimpur Kheri sealed for selling adulterated fuel for three months. When the pump started operating again a month later, Manjunath decided to conduct a surprise raid around 19 November 2005.
Having not heard from his son for three days, at around 9 that night, his father, M Shanmughan, had sent an SMS: "How are you?". There was no reply because that very night, during his inspection, Manjunath had been shot dead in Gola Gokarannath town of Lakhimpur Kheri. His body, riddled with at least six bullets, was found in the backseat of his own car, which was being driven by two employees of the petrol pump. Both were arrested and the main accused, pump-owner Pawan Kumar ('Monu') Mittal, was held on 23 November along with seven others.
Indian Oil Corporation paid 2.6 million (US$42,000) compensation to the family
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Murder Trial
Manjunath's death came close on the heels of the assassination of Satyendra Dubey (27 November 1973 – 27 November 2003), suspected to have been murdered for similar reasons (fighting corruption). Following the murder, there was immense media spotlight on the case. S. Manjunath's batchmates from IIM Lucknow (where he was affectionately called machan) also kept the story alive.
Sessions court
Fortunately, the Manjunath Shanmugam Trust took up the case with dogged determination. The Trust lawyer Mr. IB Singh, the Public Prosecutor Sri Chandramohan Singh,,,, Trustees, volunteers and supporters worked hard to ensure quick justice. On 24 March 2007, nearly sixteen months after the murder, all eight accused were found guilty by the Lakhimpur Kheri Sessions Court. The main accused, Monu Mittal and 7 accomplices were convicted of murder by Sessions judge, Lakhimpur Kheri.[1]
Petrol pump owner Pawan Kumar Mittal, the main accused in the sensational murder, was sentenced to death by the Sessions Court, while the other seven accused were given life imprisonment on 26 March 2007.[2]
High court
The convicts challenged the Sessions Court's verdict in Allahabad High Court. On 12 December 2009, Allahabad High Court commuted death sentence of prime convict Pawan Kumar Mittal to life imprisonment. The high court upheld the life sentence of five others but acquitted two other accused – Harish Misra and Sanjay Awasthi.[3][4]
Supreme court
On 11 August 2010, three of the six convicts namely Pawan Kumar Mittal, Rakesh Anand and Vivek Sharma, appealed against Allahabad High Court's judgement in Supreme Court of India. As of 13 August 2014, the case is pending before the Supreme Court[5]
From this link http://courtnic.nic.in/supremecourt/temp/sr%20587010p.txt it looks like the accused is on leave.
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Manjunath Shanmugam Trust
A pan IIM initiative, "The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust" was registered on 23 February 2006, Manjunath's birth anniversary. With immediate objectives of fighting the case, they have a broader agenda of improving governance in Indian public life.
Key Initiatives
The Trust runs India's first National Right To Information Act Helpline. The number is (080) 666-00-999 and 0-97181-00180 and is accessible from anywhere in India. The 12*7 (10 am – 8 pm) multi-language helpline, serviced by professionally trained call-center agents, guides citizens through the features of this powerful tool against corruption.
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Awards
Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award
The Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award carries a citation and a Rs. One Lakh Cash Award; to honour those who have reported and worked to rectify systemic corruption. The first Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award was awarded on 24 March 2007 to Prof. R.P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor Lucknow University for his extraordinary courage in taking on criminals and politicians to clean up Lucknow University and implement the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations. The award was presented in a public function by chairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys Mr. NR Narayana Murthy.
Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti president Akhil Gogoi received the prestigious 2nd Shanmugam Manjunath Integrity Award from the Magsaysay awardee Kiran Bedi at a function held on 28 March 2008 at the IIT Delhi Seminar Hall. Mr Gogoi who hails from upper Assam’s Golaghat district has been awarded for his fight against corruption. One of the finalists, IAS officer Sri M.N. Vijayakumar, was not allowed to attend the function by his senior, Sudhakar Rao (Husband of former foreign secretary of India Nirupama Rao). This was widely criticised by his wife Jayashree JN and was also brought to the notice of the President of India.[6]
Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS)[7] has also been awarding the S Manjunath award for Management for its contributions to the cause of fighting corruption in corporate management.[8]
Demands of Padma Shri Award for Manjunath
Non-governmental organisations from Lucknow, Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS) and National RTI Forum are pursuing the demand of awarding one of the Padma Shri Awards by the Government of India to both Manjunath Shanmugam and Satyendra Dubey, the IIT Kanpur graduate who was murdered in similar circumstances while working for the National Highway Authority of India. They have already submitted a petition to the President and started an online campaign on social networking sites and an online petition, where more than thousand people already joined.[9][10][11]
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In popular culture
A biopic on Manjunath, titled Manjunath, directed by Sandeep Varma, was released on 9 May 2014.[12] Portions of the film were shot in his almamater IIM, Lucknow campus.[13]Ahead of the release, the trailer of the film was shown at the alumni meet on the IIM-L campus in December 2013. [14] The movie had a special screening on 10 May 2014 for IIM alumni in Singapore as part of the IIMPact 2014 launch event

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