After a special court in Bengaluru issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against former Karnataka CM in the POCSO case, the High Court on 14 June 2024, had restrained the CID from arresting him.
Published Oct 23, 2025 | 11:23 PM ⚊ Updated Oct 23, 2025 | 11:23 PM
Former Karnataka chief minister and BJP's Central Parliamentary Board member BS Yeddiyurappa. (BSY/Facebook)
Synopsis: 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, at his residence in Dollars Colony in Bengaluru.
Karnataka High Court on Thursday, 23 October, while reserving its order on a petition filed by BS Yediyurappa and others seeking to quash the cognizance taken in the POCSO case against him, orally stated that detailed observations on factual aspects would be delivered on Saturday, 25 October.
Justice MI Arun after hearing arguments from both sides reserved the order.
Senior advocate CV Nagesh, appeared for Yediyurappa. Special Public Prosecutor B N Jagadish, represented the prosecution.
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, at his residence in Dollars Colony in Bengaluru.
The 54-year-old woman, who had levelled the charge against Yediyurappa, died at a private hospital in May 2024, due to lung cancer.
After a special court in Bengaluru issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against former Karnataka CM in the POCSO case, the High Court on 14 June 2024, had restrained the CID from arresting him.
On 27 June 2024, the CID filed a charge sheet in the special court handling POCSO cases.
Yediyurappa has consistently denied the charges. He claimed that the mother and daughter had often visited his residence but were not entertained.
Yediyurappa added that on one occasion when the woman was in tears, he called her inside and helped her approach the police commissioner to resolve her grievances. He further suggested that the accusations were part of a conspiracy against him.
(Edited by Sumavarsha, with inputs from Nolan Patrick Pinto)
