Reportedly the karnataka High court quashed the corruption case against Former bjp mla Matal Virupakshappa. Former bjp mla The karnataka High court has ordered to quash the corruption case against Matal Virupakshappa in a huge relief. Judge M Nagaprasanna has said that the charge of corruption against Matal Virupakshappa, who was mla of Channagiri constituency when the case was registered, cannot be accepted. He stated that all the observations in the case are only against the accused A1 Matal Virupakshappa and it has been made clear that there is no trial or any proceeding pending in any court against the other accused.
Matal Virupakshappa was the Chairman of karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited. His son prashant is accused as A2 in this case. The Lokayukta police registered an FIR on march 2, alleging that he had received a bribe. Prasanth, who works as a financial consultant and chief accounts officer at the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board, was allegedly bribed to release money for work at karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited or to run a tender in a specific manner. Accordingly, on march 2, 2023, the Lokayukta police arrested prashant red-handed for accepting a bribe of Rs.40 lakh. The police alleged that prashant had taken bribes on his father's behalf by misusing his father's authority.
Subsequently, around Rs 7 crore was reportedly seized during a raid at his house. During the raid, a video of the seized cash was also released and went viral. The court pointed out that Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which has been charged against Virupakshappa, refers to a public servant engaging in an illegal act in the discharge of duty. However, the court said that this was not proved and the complaint against the accused was vague.
The court also noted that even though Rs 6.1 crore cash was recovered during the search conducted at Prashant's house, no allegation was proved against the petitioner.
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