Karnataka CID Files Chargesheet Against Former CM BS Yediyurappa In POCSO Case

Special Public Prosecutor Ashok Naik said the chargesheet had been filed before the Special POCSO court. The chargesheet is filed under provisions of POCSO and the Indian Penal Code against four accused including Yediyurappa.

As per the complaint filed by the mother of a 17-year-old girl, it was alleged that the accused allegedly sexually assaulted her daughter during a meeting in February, at his residence in Bengaluru. On March 14, the Sadashivanagar police registered the case, later it was transferred to CID for further investigation which re-registered the FIR.

Recently, when Yediyurappa failed to participate in the investigation on a notice issued to him, the CID secured a non-bailable warrant against him.

The same was challenged by Yediyurappa before the Karnataka High Court which had stayed the warrant saying “Here is an Ex-CM. He followed your first notice and cooperated with the investigation. Then you issued a second notice. It is your power and he said I will come on 17-06-2024, it is not his case that he will not come back to Karnataka.”

It added “He(Yediyurappa) is not some Tom, Dick and Harry; nor he is a bandit, he is former CM of the state. Will he abscond?