Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Mar 24: The High Court of Karnataka has stayed the investigation of the case registered against five people, including two MLAs, in connection with the incident at St Gerosa School. The court also issued a notice to the complainant and issued an order.

A case was registered against MLAs Vedavyas Kamath, Bharat Shetty, VHP leader Sharan Pumpwell, Sandeep Garodi and Bharat Kumar in connection with the protest held at St Gerosa School on February 12.

The police had registered a case against the five as per the complaint filed by Anil Gerald Lobo, a resident near the school, at the Pandeshwar police station.

The accused were granted bail in the High Court in connection with this incident.

The five accused including the MLAs have not created an environment that disturbs the peace in the school. The head of the educational institution has informed in writing about the dismissal of the accused teacher. So the school administration is responsible for the incident that happened there. If such a legal issue had arisen, the police would have registered a case or the school administration would have filed a complaint.

There is a complaint from outside the school. Therefore, senior lawyer Arun Shyam had argued before a single-member bench in the High Court that the case against the five should be quashed.

After hearing the argument, a single-member bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit stayed the investigation in the case on Friday and issued a notice to the complainant.

Kalaburagi zone additional commissioner of education department, Dr Akash has made an inquiry and prepared a report about the allegations against St Gerosa School.