Bengaluru:

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

Earlier in the day, the high court restrained the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from arresting the veteran BJP leader in the case filed against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

It also directed Mr Yediyurappa to appear before the CID which is probing the case, on June 17.

In a post on social media platform X, Mr Vijayendra said, “…blessings of people of Karnataka and their prayers has paid off in the temple of justice. Political conspiracies have always followed Yediyurappa. Without losing heart, he will gain victory over these conspiracies by following the path of justice.” He further said that Yediyurappa’s respect for the law of the land has been proved by the high court’s decision today to grant him interim bail the case. “Yediyurappa is not one to turn his back on investigations,” he said.

“It is our firm belief that the truth will prevail in the temple of justice in the coming days,” he added in his post.

A Bengaluru court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Mr Yediyurappa in the POCSO case registered on March 14 this year.

The Special Investigation Team of the CID had moved the First Fast Track Court seeking an arrest warrant against him since he failed to appear for questioning on Wednesday.

Mr Yediyurappa had sought time to join the probe.

According to the police, Mr Yediyurappa has been booked under the POCSO Act and Section 354 A (Sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl who alleged that he molested her daughter during a meeting on February 2 this year, at his residence in Dollars Colony here.

Mr Yediyurappa, who has denied the charge and said he would fight the case legally, had filed two separate petitions in the high court, seeking anticipatory bail and quashing of the FIR.

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Bengaluru:

An FIR was registered against BJP State President BY Vijayendra by the Election Commission for a “derogatory” post based on a complaint by the Congress which alleged that it disturbed public tranquility, an official said on Saturday. 

Taking to ‘X’ on Saturday, the office of Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer said that the FIR was lodged by Flying Squad Teams (FST) of Bengaluru against Mr Vijayendra for a derogatory post on the official X handle of BJP Karnataka on April 19.

The FIR was registered at Malleshwaram police station under relevant sections of the Representation of the People Act and Indian Penal Code for disturbing public tranquility, it added.

FIR is lodged by FST of Bengaluru against B Y Vijayendra, State President, for a derogatory post posted on official X handle of BJP Karnataka on 19.04.24. The FIR No.60/2024 at Malleshwaram PS is lodged u/s 125 of RP Act and 505, 153(A) of IPC on disturbing public tranquility.

— Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka (@ceo_karnataka) April 20, 2024

In the post on ‘X’, the BJP had made comments against the Congress government. The post also had tags targeting the party.

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