Observing that public roads are ordinarily not meant for agitations, the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday declined to quash criminal case registered in 2022 against Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and four others for causing disturbance to public, movement of vehicles and maintenance of law and order by suddenly resorting to dharna/protest on public road.
Also, the court imposed a cost of ₹10,000 each for making a woman police sub-inspector Jahida as a respondent to their petitions in her personal capacity even though she had lodged the complaint against them in her official capacity.
