Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has stayed the proceedings initiated against BJP MLC V Somanna, following the orders of the special court, which had directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau to conduct an inquiry and submit a report on a disproportionate assets complaint.
Justice Anand Byrareddy had passed the interim order after preliminary hearing on the petition filed by Somanna, who claimed that though the special court had only directed the ACB to conduct an inquiry and submit a report but the ACB had registered an FIR, which was not contemplated in the law as the special court had not ordered for a full-fledged investigation. The petitioner claimed that there was no material before the special court for proceeding further.
