Bengaluru police on Thursday received a rap on their knuckles for declaring MLC YA Narayanaswamy as an absconder in a chargesheetfiled in an election-related case.
The high court’s Justice PS Dinesh Kumar, who granted interim stay on the proceedings against the BJP leader, directed the investigation officer and the jurisdictional DCP to file affidavits explaining as to how the sitting MLC has been named as an absconder. The officer must be present in the court on December 15 and provide details about the efforts made by him to trace the MLC.
When the court was told that a non-bailable warrant was issued against Narayanaswamy, the judge wondered as to how could police do this to a people’s representative.
Narayanaswamy and others were booked for violating prohibitory orders during a protest against MLA Byrathi Suresh on May 14 during re-polling in Hebbal constituency. Sanjaynagar police registered an FIR and filed a chargesheet on July 1, 2018 before the 8th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court. On September 7, the court issued a non-bailable warrant against the MLC.
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