Special Court dismisses complaint of alleged corruption against B.S. Yediyurappa
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Governor of Karnataka had refused sanction for his prosecution beneath provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
A particular court docket in Bengaluru on Thursday declined to entertain a non-public complaint against Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on the allegation of corruption because the Governor of Karnataka had refused to grant sanction for his prosecution beneath provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The Special Court set as much as take care of felony instances against MPs/MLAs of Karnataka handed the order whereas dismissing the complaint filed by Abraham T.J, a social activist and president of the Karnataka Anti-Graft and Environmental Forum, Bengaluru.
“The complaint is not maintainable in the absence of valid sanction, and accordingly dismissed,” the court docket mentioned in its order.
The complainant needed the particular court docket to both take cognisance of offences beneath the PC Act against 9 individuals, together with Mr. Yediyurappa and a few of his members of the family, or order investigation in relation to the allegation of getting bribe of ₹12.5 crore in relation to a contract given to a non-public firm for a housing mission of the Bangalore Development Authority.
The petitioner, in his complaint filed within the particular court docket, identified that he had lodged a complaint with the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on November 25, 2020 against Mr. Yediyurappa and others on these allegations. However, as a substitute of making makes an attempt to get originals of the paperwork cited by the complainant, the ACB had closed the complaint on December 15, 2020 with out even contemplating the clarifications given by him.
It was alleged within the complaints that Mr. Yediyurappa abused his workplace and bribe was obtained by his members of the family from consultant of M/s Ramalingam Construction Company Pvt. Ltd. for resuming a housing mission that was stalled.
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