Bengaluru, The Karnataka High Court on Friday adjourned the July 26 hearing on a petition filed by former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa seeking quashing of a POCSO case against him, and exempted the veteran BJP leader from appearing in court in person. of Bengaluru regarding the matter. the 15th of July.
On July 4, the Fast Track Court 1 for POCSO Act cases here issued a summons for the 81-year-old to appear before it on July 15.
The Criminal Investigation Department, which is investigating the case, filed a chargesheet against him before the Fast Track Court on June 27.
A day later, the High Court had extended its interim order restraining the CID from arresting Yediyurappa after allowing the prosecution to raise objections to the petition filed by him seeking quashing of the FIR, and then adjourned the further hearing for two weeks, which ended today. .
The CID, which is probing charges against Yediyurappa for sexually assaulting a minor, alleges in the charge sheet that he and three other accused paid money to the alleged victim and her mother to buy her silence.
Yediyurappa has been charged under Section 8 (punishment for sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and Sections 354A (sexual harassment), 204 (destruction of documents or electronic records to prevent their production as evidence) and 214. (offering gift or restoration of property as consideration for investigating the offender) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The other three co-accused, Arun Y M, Rudresh M and G Mariswamy, who are aides of Yediyurappa, are charged under sections 204 and 214 of the IPC.
The case was registered on March 14 this year based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl who alleged that Yediyurappa sexually assaulted her daughter during a meeting on February 2, at her residence in Dollars Colony.
Yediyurappa was questioned for over three hours by the CID on June 17.
He denied the charge and said he would fight the case legally.
On July 4, the Fast Track Court 1 for POCSO Act cases here issued a summons for the 81-year-old to appear before it on July 15.
The Criminal Investigation Department, which is investigating the case, filed a chargesheet against him before the Fast Track Court on June 27.
A day later, the High Court had extended its interim order restraining the CID from arresting Yediyurappa after allowing the prosecution to raise objections to the petition filed by him seeking quashing of the FIR, and then adjourned the further hearing for two weeks, which ended today. .
The CID, which is probing charges against Yediyurappa for sexually assaulting a minor, alleges in the charge sheet that he and three other accused paid money to the alleged victim and her mother to buy her silence.
Yediyurappa has been charged under Section 8 (punishment for sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and Sections 354A (sexual harassment), 204 (destruction of documents or electronic records to prevent their production as evidence) and 214. (offering gift or restoration of property as consideration for investigating the offender) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The other three co-accused, Arun Y M, Rudresh M and G Mariswamy, who are aides of Yediyurappa, are charged under sections 204 and 214 of the IPC.
The case was registered on March 14 this year based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl who alleged that Yediyurappa sexually assaulted her daughter during a meeting on February 2, at her residence in Dollars Colony.
Yediyurappa was questioned for over three hours by the CID on June 17.
He denied the charge and said he would fight the case legally.
