The court docket directed BS Yediyurappa to seem earlier than the probe company on June 17.

Bengaluru:

State BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Friday reacted to the Karnataka Excessive Court docket restraining the CID from arresting his father and former chief minister B S Yediyurappa in a POCSO case, and stated that the reality will prevail within the “temple of justice”.

Earlier within the day, the excessive court docket restrained the Legal Investigation Division (CID) from arresting the veteran BJP chief within the case filed in opposition to him below the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

It additionally directed Mr Yediyurappa to seem earlier than the CID which is probing the case, on June 17.

In a publish on social media platform X, Mr Vijayendra stated, “…blessings of individuals of Karnataka and their prayers has paid off within the temple of justice. Political conspiracies have at all times adopted Yediyurappa. With out shedding coronary heart, he’ll achieve victory over these conspiracies by following the trail of justice.” He additional stated that Yediyurappa’s respect for the regulation of the land has been proved by the excessive court docket’s resolution as we speak to grant him interim bail the case. “Yediyurappa is just not one to show his again on investigations,” he stated.

“It’s our agency perception that the reality will prevail within the temple of justice within the coming days,” he added in his publish.

A Bengaluru court docket on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant in opposition to Mr Yediyurappa within the POCSO case registered on March 14 this yr.

The Particular Investigation Group of the CID had moved the First Quick Monitor Court docket searching for an arrest warrant in opposition to him since he failed to seem for questioning on Wednesday.

Mr Yediyurappa had sought time to affix the probe.

In response to the police, Mr Yediyurappa has been booked below the POCSO Act and Part 354 A (Sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based mostly on a grievance by the mom of a 17-year-old lady who alleged that he molested her daughter throughout a gathering on February 2 this yr, at his residence in {Dollars} Colony right here.

Mr Yediyurappa, who has denied the cost and stated he would battle the case legally, had filed two separate petitions within the excessive court docket, searching for anticipatory bail and quashing of the FIR.

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