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The Karnataka High Court has stayed the criminal case filed against two officials of the Enforcement Directorate by the director of the Kolar Chikkaballapur district cooperative milk producers’ union.
The order was passed on February 2 by a single-judge bench of Justice K Natarajan.
The proceedings relate to sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) dealing with voluntarily causing hurt, causing hurt with a dangerous weapon and criminal intimidation.
Initially, the Ministry of Education searched the residence of MLA KY Nanjegowda in a separate case involving illegal land allocation and found signs of problems in union recruitment.
They found incriminating evidence from league director YB Ashwathanarayana, who claimed in the FIR that he was beaten with a PVC pipe and forced to write a false confession.
The education ministry argued that it was actually a false case filed to evade investigation and Aswathanarayana admitted to receiving Rs 80 lakh in five recruitments.
They also argued that the case was registered under a non-cognizable offense and the only cognizable offense involved dangerous weapons. Emergency room attorneys argue that PVC pipe does not fall into this category.
Taking note of this, Justice K Natarajan adjourned the investigation of the case to the date of next hearing.
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First uploaded on: July 2, 2024 16:11 UTC
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