A special court in Bengaluru on Friday took fresh cognisance of a chargesheet against former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa and three others in a case about the alleged sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl.
The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by former Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa seeking to quash the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case against him, stating that the criminal proceedings shall continue in the trial court.
The Karnataka Police on Thursday filed a chargesheet against senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa in connection with the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl.
A trial court in Karnataka has issued an arrest warrant against the senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa in connection with a case registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act).
Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, 81, was booked by the Sadashivanagar police late on Thursday night under a section of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old of sexual assault.