Asks complainant to record his statement before the police in an earlier FIR
In a temporary relief to political leaders H.D. Kumaraswamy, D.K. Shivakumar, and G. Parameshwara, the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday set aside a separate first information report (FIR) registered against them for holding a demonstration in front of the office of the Income-Tax Department, Bengaluru, in March 2019 based on a private complaint.
However, the court gave liberty to complainant Mallikarjuna A. to record his statement as a part of another FIR registered in connection with the same demonstration.
Justice John Michael Cunha passed the order while allowing the petitions filed by Mr. Kumaraswamy, former Chief Minister, and Dr. Parameshwara and Mr. Shivakumar, former Ministers, who were part of the demonstration held to protest against the Union government for alleged “selective” searches conducted by the I-T Department on political leaders of Opposition parties.