Pocso case: K’taka HC stays summons against Yediyurappa | India News

Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (File Photo)

The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed the trial courtroom’s determination to take cognizance of the costs against former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and three different accused in reference to a Pocso Act case. The High Court additionally stayed the summons issued to them, relieving them from private appearances earlier than the trial courtroom.
On February 28, the particular courtroom had issued summons for Yediyurappa, 82, and three others to look on March 15 in reference to the case. The courtroom had additionally taken contemporary cognizance of the cost sheet filed by the Karnataka Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
The case dates again to March 14 of final 12 months when a criticism was filed by the mom of a 17-year-old lady, who alleged Yediyurappa of sexually assaulting her daughter throughout a gathering at his residence in Dollars Colony on February 2, 2023.
Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur, who handed the interim order, famous that the matter required additional detailed hearings. He additionally exempted the accused from showing earlier than the trial courtroom till the subsequent listening to and issued a discover to the complainant.
The keep got here after Yediyurappa challenged the trial courtroom’s determination to take cognizance of the case.
Senior Advocate C.V. Nagesh, representing Yediyurappa, argued that the criticism was questionable, noting that the complainant and her daughter had met the Bengaluru Police Commissioner a number of occasions after the alleged incident with out making any allegations. He additionally identified that key witnesses who have been current at Yediyurappa’s residence in the course of the alleged incident had confirmed that nothing untoward had occurred.
Nagesh additional contended that the trial courtroom had handed its order with out totally contemplating the information of the case.
However, Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty, representing the state, opposed the petition, arguing that the trial courtroom had discovered enough grounds to proceed with the case. He acknowledged that staying the order would negatively have an effect on the prosecution’s case.
The trial courtroom’s determination to take contemporary cognizance adopted a February 7 order from the High Court, which had instructed the trial courtroom to rethink and move applicable orders on the CID’s remaining report within the case.
This order adopted the partial allowance of Yediyurappa’s petition difficult the Pocso Act proceedings against him. The High Court had additionally granted anticipatory bail to Yediyurappa.
The CID filed a cost sheet within the case on June 27, 2023, earlier than the Fast Track Court. The CID’s investigation alleges that Yediyurappa and the three different accused paid cash to the sufferer and her mom in alternate for his or her silence.
Yediyurappa faces prices underneath Section 8 (punishment for sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, in addition to Sections 354A (sexual harassment), 204 (destruction of proof), and 214 (providing items to hide the offender) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The different three accused – Arun Y.M., Rudresh M., and G. Mariswamy, who’re aides of Yediyurappa – face prices underneath IPC Sections 204 and 214.
The sufferer’s mom, who had filed the cost against Yediyurappa, handed away from lung most cancers in May final 12 months at a personal hospital in Bengaluru.