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Karnataka High Court:<\/span> S Krishna Dixit, J. stayed the arrest of former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa in connection with a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012<\/a> (‘POCSO Act’).<\/p>\n

The Court directed him to appear before the police for the purpose of investigation on 17-06-2024.<\/p>\n

On 13-06-2024, Bengaluru Court issued an arrest warrant against BS Yediyurappa in connection with the said case.<\/p>\n

The Crime Investigation Department filed an application before the Court and are investigating the case registered under Section 8<\/a> of the POCSO Act<\/a> read with Section 354(A)<\/a> of the Penal Code, 1860<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was alleged that a 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at Yediyurappa’s residence in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n

Yediyurappa had approached the Karnataka High Court, seeking cancellation of the POCSO case. The same is pending before the High Court.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/span> Press<\/p>\n

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On 13-06-2024, the Additional City Civil and Session Court Judge NM Ramesh, issued an arrest warrant against BS Yediyurappa for a case registered under the Section 8 of the POCSO Act read with Section 354(A)<\/a> of the Penal Code, 1860<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67517,"featured_media":316069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,2],"tags":[69847,69814,69846,28334,23524],"class_list":["post-324431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot_off_the_press","category-news","tag-bs-yediyurappa-arrest-stayed","tag-former-cm-bs-yediyurappa","tag-justice-s-krishna-dixit","tag-karnataka-high-court","tag-pocso-act"],"yoast_head":"\nKarnataka High Court stays arrest of former CM BS Yediyurappa in POCSO case | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karnataka 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