Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Jan 22: The state high court refused to hand over a case pertaining to allegation of corruption levelled against B Y Vijayendra, son of chief minister B S Yediyurappa and grandson Shashidhar Maradi. They have been accused of collecting money from a private construction company.

Adarsh R Aiyar of the Janadhikara Sangharsha Parishat had filed a public interest litigation in support of the said demand. It came before a division bench of the high court presided over by Chief Justice A S Oka, on Thursday January 21.

After hearing the arguments, the bench observed that the police have not so far registered any first information report in this case. It said that in any case, unless the first information report is registered, it cannot be entrusted to another probing agency as per law. It observed that CBI is not a police station and that it does not register first information reports. Therefore, the high court said that the request to order a CBI probe cannot be entertained.

The high court said that in cases where the police have not registered the first information reports, the petitioners have to seek relief as per law. It said that they cannot directly approach the high court for relief and its purpose will not be served. It also said that the litigation is based on wrong notions which cannot be taken up for investigation, before disposing off the plea.