The Karnataka Excessive Courtroom on Friday stayed the proceedings occurring in a trial court docket towards former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in a sexual harassment case filed below the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
The one-judge Bench of Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur additional quashed the summons issued towards Yediyurappa on the grounds that the matter required detailed listening to.
On February 28, 2025, Extra Metropolis Civil and Periods Choose (First Monitor Particular Courtroom) Choose NM Ramesh, dealing with instances below the POCSO Act, directed the previous chief ministerand three different individuals accused of attempting to bury proof of the alleged crime, to look earlier than it on March 15.
The Excessive Courtroom exempted Yediyurappa and others from private look earlier than trial court docket until the following date of listening to.
