Pocso case: Okay’taka HC stays summons in opposition to Yediyurappa | India Information – The Occasions of India

The Karnataka Excessive Courtroom on Friday stayed the trial court docket’s choice to take cognizance of the costs in opposition to former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and three different accused in reference to a Pocso Act case. The Excessive Courtroom additionally stayed the summons issued to them, relieving them from private appearances earlier than the trial court docket.
On February 28, the particular court docket had issued summons for Yediyurappa, 82, and three others to look on March 15 in reference to the case. The court docket had additionally taken contemporary cognizance of the cost sheet filed by the Karnataka Felony Investigation Division (CID).
The case dates again to March 14 of final yr when a grievance was filed by the mom of a 17-year-old woman, 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 court docket till the following listening to and issued a discover to the complainant.
The keep got here after Yediyurappa challenged the trial court docket’s choice to take cognizance of the case.
Senior Advocate C.V. Nagesh, representing Yediyurappa, argued that the grievance 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 had 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 court docket had handed its order with out completely contemplating the info of the case.
Nonetheless, Advocate Basic Shashi Kiran Shetty, representing the state, opposed the petition, arguing that the trial court docket had discovered adequate grounds to proceed with the case. He acknowledged that staying the order would negatively have an effect on the prosecution’s case.
The trial court docket’s choice to take contemporary cognizance adopted a February 7 order from the Excessive Courtroom, which had instructed the trial court docket to rethink and cross 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 in opposition to him. The Excessive Courtroom had additionally granted anticipatory bail to Yediyurappa.
The CID filed a cost sheet within the case on June 27, 2023, earlier than the Quick Observe Courtroom. The CID’s investigation alleges that Yediyurappa and the three different accused paid cash to the sufferer and her mom in trade for his or her silence.
Yediyurappa faces costs beneath Part 8 (punishment for sexual assault) of the Safety of Youngsters 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 opposite three accused – Arun Y.M., Rudresh M., and G. Mariswamy, who’re aides of Yediyurappa – face costs beneath IPC Sections 204 and 214.
The sufferer’s mom, who had filed the cost in opposition to Yediyurappa, handed away from lung most cancers in Might final yr at a non-public hospital in Bengaluru.