High Court to hear sexual harassment case against Yediyurappa on Friday

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 29 : The hearing of the case against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on the charge of sexual harassment of a minor will be heard on Friday in the Karnataka High Court.
Earlier, Justice M. Naga Prasanna heard the POCSO case registered against Yediyurappa along with the petitions filed by him seeking grant of anticipatory bail.
A bench headed by Naga Prasanna had also issued an order extending the exemption granted to BS Yediyurappa not to be arrested and to attend the hearing.
At the same time, the lawyer for the victim demanded that BS Yediyurappa be arrested and interrogated and that time should be given to present his arguments.
On March 3, 2024, a POCSO case was registered against the BS Yediyurappa at the Sadashivnagar Police Station on charges of sexual harassment of a minor. A FIR based on this complaint was also registered.
Considering the seriousness of the case, the government had transferred it to CID. The CID officials had issued a notice to Yediyurappa and asked him to attend the hearing. Accordingly, BS Yediyurappa attended the court proceeding and made his statement.
BS Yediyurappa had filed two separate petitions in the High Court seeking quashing of the case against him and grant of anticipatory bail related to the same case.