The High Court of Karnataka has quashed criminal proceeding initiated against Bahujan Samajwadi Party president Mayawati and party’s national general secretary Satish Chandra Sharma on a complaint that they had allegedly ‘assaulted or used criminal force’ to prevent a public servant from discharging his duty during campaigning for State Assembly elections in Jewargi, Kalaburagi district, in 2013.
Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav passed the order while allowing the petition filed by Ms. Mayawati and Mr. Sharma, who had questioned the legality of initiation of the criminal proceeding.
The case was registered on a complaint lodged by an official alleging that the petitioners had snatched a bundle of currency from the officer at the time of checking.
