The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday dismissed as withdrawn a bail petition, in which a single-judge Bench had recently made several adverse remarks on the functioning of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and its head.
The petition was withdrawn by counsel for Mahesh P.S., a deputy tahsildar attached to the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Urban, and an accused in the alleged bribery case, as a trial court has granted default bail to Mr. Mahesh, as the ACB could not submit the final investigation report within the stipulated period of 60 days.
When the petition came up for hearing before Justice H.P Sandesh, counsel for Mr. Mahesh sought the court’s permission to withdraw the petition, as it did not survive for further consideration before the High Court in view of the default bail.
