Relief to BSY, as SC stays arrest in graft case

NEW DELHI: In a relief to Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa and former minister for industries Murugesh Nirani, the Supreme Court on Wednesday protected them from arrest in a case pertaining to alleged forgery over withdrawal of approval for a parcel of land in the state.

The SC, however, refused to stay the Jan 5 order of Karnataka HC, by which it had allowed restoration of the criminal complaint against the Yediyurappa.

“You (Yediyurappa) are a sitting Chief Minister. Who can issue arrest warrant against you,” it observed.

A bench of CJI SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, issuing the notices to complainants agreed to examine the pleas of Yediyurappa and Nirani challenging the HC order restoring the complaint.