<p>The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in cases pertaining to alleged illegal denotification of land and irregularities in housing co-operative societies.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Justice V Jagannathan directed Yeddyurappa to furnish a personal bond for Rs two lakh and not leave the State or the country without prior permission of the court. <br /><br />The court observed that the petitioner had been granted anticipatory bail in similar cases of land denotification and nowhere has there been a complaint of him violating the bail conditions.<br /><br />The Lokayukta court had, on July 5, ordered issue of summons to Congress legislator D K Shivakumar, Yeddyurappa, and others on complaints filed by T J Abraham and Kabbalegowda and adjourned the matter to August 2.<br /><br />Adjourned<br /><br />The High Court, on Thursday adjourned the hearing of anticipatory bail petition filed by former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy in relation to a corruption case, in which he has been accused of illegally denotifying 2.24 acres of land in Banashankari 6th stage layout in 2007, when he was the chief minister.<br /><br />During the hearing, the Lokayukta counsel sought two weeks time to file a memo to vacate the stay on the Lokayukta proceedings against former chief minister Kumaraswamy.<br /><br />Justice V Jagannathan observed that there were no chances of arrest given that the court, on July 24, had ordered eight weeks stay on the Lokayukta court proceedings.<br />The court adjourned the case for two weeks for further hearing.<br /></p>
<p>The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in cases pertaining to alleged illegal denotification of land and irregularities in housing co-operative societies.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Justice V Jagannathan directed Yeddyurappa to furnish a personal bond for Rs two lakh and not leave the State or the country without prior permission of the court. <br /><br />The court observed that the petitioner had been granted anticipatory bail in similar cases of land denotification and nowhere has there been a complaint of him violating the bail conditions.<br /><br />The Lokayukta court had, on July 5, ordered issue of summons to Congress legislator D K Shivakumar, Yeddyurappa, and others on complaints filed by T J Abraham and Kabbalegowda and adjourned the matter to August 2.<br /><br />Adjourned<br /><br />The High Court, on Thursday adjourned the hearing of anticipatory bail petition filed by former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy in relation to a corruption case, in which he has been accused of illegally denotifying 2.24 acres of land in Banashankari 6th stage layout in 2007, when he was the chief minister.<br /><br />During the hearing, the Lokayukta counsel sought two weeks time to file a memo to vacate the stay on the Lokayukta proceedings against former chief minister Kumaraswamy.<br /><br />Justice V Jagannathan observed that there were no chances of arrest given that the court, on July 24, had ordered eight weeks stay on the Lokayukta court proceedings.<br />The court adjourned the case for two weeks for further hearing.<br /></p>
