BSY,kin get anticipatory bail in illegal mining case

The court,however,restricted Yeddyurappa,his older son and MP B Y Raghavendra,younger son B Y Vijayendra and son-in-law R Sohan Kumar from moving out of the limits of Bangalore in the event of their arrest by the CBI.

In case of arrest,the court said the four could get bail on a surety of Rs 2 lakh each,on the condition that they should respond to any summons by the CBI,not tamper with evidence and not leave Bangalore until the completion of the investigation without the CBI’s permission.

The CBI,on the directive of the Supreme Court,is investigating allegations that bribes were received by Yeddyurappa’s family members from mining affiliates of JSW,for favors granted to the company by Yeddyurappa when he was the chief minister.

The CBI has so far questioned Yeddyurappa’s sons once and is expected to issue fresh summons again over the next few days. A special CBI court had last week rejected the anticipatory bails of Yeddyurappa and his sons on the grounds that they could tamper with evidence.

The High Court,however,expressed the view that the CBI had been conducting investigations for over a month in the matter and the accused persons had not attempted to hamper the probe by fleeing,tampering with evidence or not responding to summons.