Bangalore: Another Yeddyurappa Bail Plea Hearing Adjourned


Bangalore, Aug 29 (IANS): The Karnataka High Court Monday adjourned hearing on the anticipatory bail application of scam-hit former state chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to Sep 5 in a graft case related to a tender in the Upper Bhadra irrigation project during his tenure.

Justice L. Narayanaswamy posted the case to Sep 5 after Yeddyurappa's counsel Ravi B. Nayak sought more time to further his arguments on a private complaint filed by Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) lawmaker Y.S.V. Dutta, alleging that the former chief minister and his family members received Rs.13 crore from a private firm which was awarded the contract work despite being the higher bidder for the tender.

Yeddyruappa sought the anticipatory bail after a division bench of Justices K.L. Manjunath and H.S. Kempanna Aug 26 rejected his petition seeking quashing of the first information report (FIR) filed by the Lokayukta (ombudsman) police Aug 10 under section 13 (1) of the Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1994, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The complaint, registered in the additional city court and sessions court Aug 8, alleged that the contract work in the project was awarded to RNS Jyothi for a whopping Rs.1,033 crore, contrary to the norm of granting the tender to the lowest bidder.

Dutta alleged that the private firm had, in turn, rewarded Yeddyurappa and his family members by transferring Rs.13 crore to Dhavalgari Developers Ltd, owned by his sons B.Y. Vijayendra and B.Y. Raghavendra and his son-in-law R. Sohan Kumar.

Lower court judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao, who also functions as special Lokayukta (ombudsman) court for speedy trial of graft cases, directed the Lokayutka police to investigate the case.

Yeddyurappa resigned as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first chief minister in south India July 31 after he was indicted by former state ombudsman Justice (Retd) N. Santosh Hedge July 27 in the multi-crore mining scam in the state.

Raghavendra is the BJP's Lok Sabha member from Shimoga constituency.

  

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  • Mahesh, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 29 2011

    YEDDY SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN BAIL AT ANY COST AND ALL HIS BAIL PLEAS SHOULD BE REJECTED. HE SHOULD BE GIVEN "JAIL KA HAWA". HE THOUGHT AS HE WAS THE CM HE CAN LOOT KARNATAKA THE WAY HE LIKES .YEDDY WAS THINKING KARNATAKA IS BELONGING TO HIS FOREFATHER'S AND HE CAN RULE THE STATE AND AT THE SAME TIME LOOT. NOW WHY YEDDY WANTS BIL AND IS SCADE TO GO TO JAIL. HE WAS ALWAYS SAYING WHEN HE WAS IN CM'S CHAIR HE IS NOT SCADE EVEN TO GO TO JAIL. NOW WHY SUDDENLY "U TURN WHEN THE OFFER HAS COME FOR HIM TO GO TO JAIL. NOW YEDDY IS GETTING FEVER DUE TO SCADENESS. HE GIVES EXCUSES HE IS SICK AND CANNOT APPEAR IN COURT AND SHOULD BE GIVEN EXEMPTION. EVEN CONGRESS CENTRAL MINISTERS LIKE RAJA, KALMADI AND KARIMORI IS INSIDE THE JAIL AND MANY OTHERS. WHAT IS YEDDY COMPARING TO THEM ? SEE NOW HOW THE CULPRIT IS TRYING TO AVOID GOING TO JAIL. YEDDY SHOULD BE TAKEN TO JAIL BY PROCESSION AND WHOLE KANNADIGAS SHOULD KNOW THE KARMA HE DID IN LOOTING LANDS AND MINES. FREQUENT VISITS TO DELHI BY FLIGHT WITH TAX PAYERS MONEY TO SOLVE HIS PROBLEMS WITH BJP HIGH COMMAND AND OTHER SPINELESS LEADERS. NOW NOT A SINGLE BJP LEADERS INCLUDING GADKARI IS TALKING ABOUT YEDDY. WHEN THEY SUPPORTED HIM THEY GAVE HIM FULL SUPPORT AS THEY WERE ALSO GETTING THEIR SHARE FROM YEDDY FROM THE LOOTED LANDS AND MINES. NOW EVERYTHING HAS BEEN STOPPED SINCE THE DAY YEDDY STEPPED DOWN. THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE KEPT DISTANCE FROM YEDDY. YEDDY SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND SENT TO TIHAR JAIL TO JOIN RAJA AND HIS TEAM.

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