Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and housing minister V Somanna were on Wednesday granted bail by a Lokayukta court in a case relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of land.
Yeddyurappa and Somanna appeared personally before special Lokayukta court judge N K Sudhindra Rao, who granted bail to them, Somanna's wife Shailaja and one Lingaraju and posted the case to June 30 for further hearing.
On March 21, Lokayukta police probing the case had filed a 'B' report absolving Somanna of charges of "misusing his position" in the case, stating he was neither an MLA nor a minister during the period when the said land was denotified and therefore there was no case to proceed against him.
The others accused in the case, including Yeddyurappa, were also absolved of the charges. The' B' report was challenged by complainant Ravi Krishna Reddy on March 29....
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08:15 PM, Jun 20, 2012
Bangalore: The special Lokayukta court in Bangalore on Friday issued summons to former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his aide V Somanna in connection with land denotification case. The court has asked Yeddyurappa and his aide to appear before it on April 30. Ordering issue of summons, judge N K Sudhindra Rao directed Yeddyurappa, Somanna, his wife and a person named Lingaraju to appear without fail on the...
07:27 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Karnataka Lokayukta police is due to file a final probe report in the illegal land denotification case involving former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. Housing Minister V Somanna and two others are also accused. The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday granted Yeddyurappa anticipatory bail in a case relating to an alleged land scam, holding no allegation of monetary benefit has been made out in the complaint. Justice Subhash...
07:13 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Monday posted to Tuesday the anticipatory bail applications of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and housing minister V Somanna in connection with an alleged land scam case. Justice Subhash B Adi posted the matter after hearing the matter and conclusion of submissions by special public prosecutor Lokayukta TM Gayatri. Besides Yeddyurappa and Somanna, the latter's wife had also sought relief in the case. Earlier,...
04:08 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Bangalore: In fresh trouble for former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, another complaint was on Thursday filed against him and Housing Minister V Somanna in the Lokayukta court in an alleged land scam. The complaint pertains to alleged acquisition of 22 guntas (a gunta is 1/40th of an acre) of government land in Nagadevanahalli by Somanna in his wife's name in 2005 and getting it denotified in 2009 when Yeddyurappa...
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