Chandrashekar had approached the court docket demanding registration of an FIR towards Kumaraswamy.
Bengaluru:
Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Metal HD Kumaraswamy and his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy received reduction from the Karnataka Excessive Court docket in reference to the FIR registered towards him primarily based on the criticism by Lokayukta SIT ADGP M Chandrashekar.
The Excessive Court docket bench handed the order on Wednesday whereas wanting into the petition by Kumaraswamy in search of quashing of the FIR. ADGP Chandrashekhar has registered the criticism towards Union Minister Kumaraswamy at Bengaluru’s Sanjaynagar Police Station.
The Excessive Court docket has ordered that no coercive motion be taken towards him and granted him interim reduction.
Senior counsel Hashmat Pasha, showing for Kumaraswamy, argued that the police try to cancel a 10-year-old anticipatory bail by reviving the case.
The Excessive Court docket dominated that the FIR can’t be used to revoke outdated anticipatory bail. Moreover, the Excessive Court docket recorded a press release from the State Public Prosecutor (SPP) that no coercive measures could be taken towards Kumaraswamy on this matter.
Karnataka Police had registered an FIR towards Kumaraswamy, on Tuesday as per the instructions of a court docket.
Senior IPS officer Chandrashekar had accused Kumaraswamy of defaming and threatening him and his household.
Sanjaynagar police in Bengaluru had registered the FIR towards Kumaraswamy.
The FIR is registered beneath Part 224 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023.
The police have named Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy because the second accused within the case.
C B Suresh Babu, the JD-S celebration ground chief within the Legislative Meeting is known as because the third accused within the case.
The police had taken a non-cognisable miscellaneous case.
Chandrashekar had approached the court docket demanding registration of an FIR towards Kumaraswamy.
Chandrashekar, in his criticism to the court docket, had alleged that he had been heading the SIT group probing a case of unlawful mining in 2014 – case no. 16/2014 and after getting extra proof within the case, the investigating group had sought sanction of prosecution from the Governor just lately.
In response to this, HD Kumaraswamy held a press convention on September 28 and 29 – the place the minister made malicious accusations, threatening the IPS officer and his relations.
The IPS officer, in his criticism to the court docket, alleged that Kumaraswamy orally threatened him that he could be shunted to a different state cadre and in addition made ill-intended allegations towards his relations.
In reply to the costs, Chandrashekar wrote a letter to his employees and refuted all allegations calling it false and malicious.
Chandrashekar concluded his letter by quoting George Bernard Shaw’s well-known traces, “By no means wrestle with a pig since you’ll each get soiled, and the pig likes it.”
Kumaraswamy expressed outrage on Tuesday, calling the FIR filed towards him primarily based on a criticism by a senior IPS officer, Lokayukta SIT chief, M. Chandrashekar as “ridiculous and malicious.”
Kumaraswamy responded to media questions, saying, “Throughout this by-election, the Congress-led state authorities is focusing on us out of sheer animosity. I’ll reply to this via the judiciary.”
“I’ve learn the FIR and the criticism’s content material. It’s fully ridiculous and clearly malicious. The complainant has acknowledged that I allegedly made accusations towards him in a press convention and has requested for motion. Did I present false details about him? He can assessment my press convention video if he needs,” mentioned the Union Minister.
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