The Supreme Court docket of India has put a short lived halt to the trial proceedings in opposition to former Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa in a case involving allegations beneath the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The keep got here after Yediyurappa challenged the Karnataka Excessive Court docket’s latest refusal to quash the case.
The controversy started when a girl accused Yediyurappa of sexually assaulting her 17-year-old daughter throughout their go to to his residence in early 2024. In accordance with the grievance, the mom and daughter had approached him searching for help, however the assembly allegedly resulted in inappropriate conduct. The FIR that adopted included costs beneath the POCSO Act in addition to Part 354A of the Indian Penal Code.
Over the months that adopted, the case moved by a number of authorized turns. A trial courtroom had first taken cognisance of the police report, however that order was later struck down by the Karnataka Excessive Court docket, which discovered that the trial courtroom had acted mechanically with out correct reasoning. Even so, the Excessive Court docket allowed the investigation and chargesheet to face and granted Yediyurappa anticipatory bail.
When the trial courtroom reconsidered the matter and once more issued summons earlier this 12 months, Yediyurappa returned to the Excessive Court docket, arguing that the fees mustn’t stand. The Excessive Court docket disagreed, stating that the prosecution materials was enough for a trial to proceed.
The previous Chief Minister then approached the Supreme Court docket, which on December 2 stayed the trial and sought a response from the State. The Court docket’s order successfully sends the matter again to the Excessive Court docket for a recent look, leaving the longer term course of the case unsure for now.
