<p class="title">Former Bengaluru police commissioner Raghavendra H Auradkar, accused of shielding an inspector who allegedly extorted money from a senior citizen in a property case, has received a jolt from the Supreme Court. </p>.<p class="title">The apex court has stayed an interim order passed by the High Court of Karnataka that had stalled the investigation into an FIR against him for failing to act against M S Ashok, a former inspector of the Amruthahalli police station. Ashok had allegedly extorted money from V Hanumanthaiah, a retired teacher, to help him get possession of a property in Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, on a high court order. Auradkar is now inspector general of police, CID. </p>.<p class="title">The FIR against Auradkar and other police officers, including T R Suresh, was registered by the Anti Corruption Bureau on December 4, 2017, on the directions of an additional sessions judge, Bengaluru, on a complaint of cheating, forgery and inducement and under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The high court stayed the proceedings on February 1, 2018. </p>.<p class="title">Hanumanthaiah filed a special leave petition against the high court judgement. Representing him, advocate Sanjay M Nuli contended that the high court ignored the documentary evidence against Ashok and the Prevention of Corruption Act. </p>.<p class="title">"The high court has failed to consider the reports of the Lokayukta which clearly show that the accused has received the illegal gratification of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant to comply with the court's order related to a land," he said. </p>.<p class="title">A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and L Nageswara Rao stayed the high court order and ordered that notices be issued to Auradkar, Suresh and the Karnataka government. </p>
<p class="title">Former Bengaluru police commissioner Raghavendra H Auradkar, accused of shielding an inspector who allegedly extorted money from a senior citizen in a property case, has received a jolt from the Supreme Court. </p>.<p class="title">The apex court has stayed an interim order passed by the High Court of Karnataka that had stalled the investigation into an FIR against him for failing to act against M S Ashok, a former inspector of the Amruthahalli police station. Ashok had allegedly extorted money from V Hanumanthaiah, a retired teacher, to help him get possession of a property in Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, on a high court order. Auradkar is now inspector general of police, CID. </p>.<p class="title">The FIR against Auradkar and other police officers, including T R Suresh, was registered by the Anti Corruption Bureau on December 4, 2017, on the directions of an additional sessions judge, Bengaluru, on a complaint of cheating, forgery and inducement and under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The high court stayed the proceedings on February 1, 2018. </p>.<p class="title">Hanumanthaiah filed a special leave petition against the high court judgement. Representing him, advocate Sanjay M Nuli contended that the high court ignored the documentary evidence against Ashok and the Prevention of Corruption Act. </p>.<p class="title">"The high court has failed to consider the reports of the Lokayukta which clearly show that the accused has received the illegal gratification of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant to comply with the court's order related to a land," he said. </p>.<p class="title">A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and L Nageswara Rao stayed the high court order and ordered that notices be issued to Auradkar, Suresh and the Karnataka government. </p>
