| Court grants anticipatory bail to BSY, kin in bribery case |
BANGALORE In a relief to beleaguered former chief minister BS Yeddurappa, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted him anticipatory bail in a corruption case related to the multi-million mining scam being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the direction of the Supreme Court.
Justice Subash B. Adi, who pronounced the order, also granted anticipatory bail to Yeddyurappa’s two sons - BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra - and his son-in-law R Sohan Kumar, who were also accused of receiving kickbacks from mining firms.Yeddyurappa and kin approached the high court after the CBI special court rejected their anticipatory bail plea on June 13 in the mining bribery case.
Accepting arguments of Yeddyurappa’s counsel and his kin’s counsel Ashok Harnahalli against the defence put up by CBI’s advocate Ashok Bhan, Adi granted anticipatory bail to all the four accused on the condition that they furnish a bond of Rs200,000 each and two sureties of the same amount each. “The accused should also not leave Bangalore without the permission of the CBI and shall not tamper with evidence. The CBI can approach this court for cancellation of the anticipatory bail if any of the conditions are violated,” Adi said.
Agencies
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