The High Court of Karnataka has declined to quash the criminal case against Somashekar Nyamagouda, who was the then private secretary to former Minister Vinay Kulkarni, in the Yogish Goudar murder case of 2016 in which Mr. Kulkarni himself is an accused.
There was no need for prior sanction for prosecution of Nyamagouda, who is working as Secretary, APMC, Tiptur, as the acts of criminal conspiracy for murdering, creating fake tour programme of the then Minister alleged against him are prima facie not part of the discharge of official duties, the High Court said.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed order while dismissing the petition filed Nyamagouda. He had questioned the order passed in November, 2022, by the special court to deal with criminal cases against MPs and MLAs in rejecting his application for discharging him from the criminal case and taking cognisance of offence against him.
