He Superior Court of Karnataka On Friday there was the decision of the Court of First Instance to take knowledge of the positions against former Karnataka Prime Minister Bs Yediyurappa and three other defendants in relation to a Case of the Pocso Law. The Superior Court was also fulfilled the call issued, relieving them of personal appearances before the Court of First Instance.
On February 28, the Special Court had issued a citation for Yediyurappa, 82, and three others that appeared on March 15 in relation to the case. The Court had also taken a new knowledge of the charging sheet presented by the Karnataka Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
The case dates back to March 14 last year when the mother of a 17 -year -old girl filed a complaint, who alleged Yediyurappa to sexually assault her daughter during a meeting at her residence in a dollar colony on February 2, 2023.
Judge Pradeep Singh Yerur, who approved the interim order, said the matter required more detailed hearings. He also exempt the accused of appearing before the Court of First Instance until the next hearing and issued a notice to the plaintiff.
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The stay occurred after Yediyurappa challenged the decision of the Court of First Instance of having knowledge of the case.
The main lawyer CV Nages, who represents Yediyurappa, argued that the complaint was questionable, noting that the plaintiff and his daughter had met the Bengaluru police commissioner several times after the alleged incident without making any accusation. He also noted that the key witnesses that were present at the Yediyurappa residence during the alleged incident had confirmed that nothing adhesive had happened.
Nagesh also argued that the Court of First Instance had approved its order without thoroughly considering the facts of the case.
However, the general lawyer Shashi Kiran Shetty, who represents the State, opposed the petition, arguing that the Court of First Instance had found sufficient reasons to proceed with the case. He said that remaining in the order would negatively affect the case of the Prosecutor’s Office.
The decision of the Court of First Instance of taking a new knowledge followed an order of February 7 of the Superior Court, which had instructed the Court of First Instance to reconsider and approve the appropriate orders on the final report of the CID in the case.
This order followed the partial assignment of Yediyurappa’s request challenging the procedures of the Pocso Law against him. The Superior Court had also granted Early bail A Yidiyurappa.
The CID presented a charges in the case on June 27, 2023, before the Fast Way Court. Cid’s investigation alleges that Yediyurappa and the other three defendants paid money to the victim and his mother in exchange for his silence.
Yediyurappa faces charges under Section 8 (punishment for sexual aggression) of the Law of Protection of Children of Sexual Crimes (Pocso), as well as sections 354a (sexual harassment), 204 (destruction of evidence) and 214 (offering gifts to hide the criminal of the Indian Criminal Code (IPC).
The other three defendants, Arun YM, Rudresh M. and G. Mariswamy, who are Yediyurappa assistants, face charges in sections 204 and 214 of CPI.
The victim’s mother, who had presented the position against Yediyurappa, died of lung cancer in May last year in a private hospital in Bangalore.
