When the case came up for hearing before the single bench of Justice Subhash B Adi today, Halappa's counsel Ravi B Naik filed his objections against Shimoga JMFC order permitting the CID police investigating the case to draw Halappa's blood samples to conduct the DNA test.
Meanwhile, the hearing of Halappa's bail application has been adjourned for two weeks.
Halappa's judicial custody was recently extended by Shimoga JMFC court to June 7.
Halappa had quit as Food and Civil Supplies Minister on May 2 in the wake of allegations of rape of his friend's wife in November last at Shimoga
Published 26 May 2010, 15:20 IST