Non-bailable arrest warrant issued against ex-CM Yediyurappa in POCSO case

A nonbailable arrest warrant against former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa in a POCSO case was issued by a Bengaluru court on Thursday As per the PTI report the Criminal Investigation Department CID probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act POCSO case against Yediyurappa had earlier summoned him for questioningHe however had sought time to appear before the investigation officer of the CIDThe BJP veteran who is also a member of the partys parliamentary board is currently in Delhi As per the report he is likely to join the probe after he returns sources close to him have saidAccording to police Yediyurappa has been booked under the POCSO Act and Section 354 A Sexual harassment of the Indian Penal Code IPC based on a complaint by the mother of a 17yearold girl who accused the poltician of sexually assaulting her daughter during a meeting on February 2 this year The incidence allegedly took place at his residence in Dollars Colony in BengaluruOn March 14 hours after the Sadashivanagar police registered the case it was tranferred to the CID for further investigation with immediate effect based on the order of Karnataka Director General of Police Alok MohanAs per the PTI report the 54yearold woman who had leveled the charge against Yediyurappa died at a private hospital here last month due to lung cancerThe 81yearold Yediyurappa has denied the charge and asserted that he would fight the case legallyIn April the CID collected the voice sample of Yediyurappa after summoning him to the officeMeanwhile the government has appointed Special Public Prosecutor SPP Ashok H Nayak to represent the CID in the caseYediyurappa has moved the court seeking quashing of the FIRNagpur Man sentences to death under IPC POCSO Act provisions for raping killing girlA Nagpur court on Monday sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a 5yearold girl in 2019 reported PTISanjay Puri 32 was sentenced to death by District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge S R Padwal under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code Section 376AB of IPC and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act said Special Public Prosecutor Prashant Kumar SathianathanThe body of the girl was found on December 6 2019 from a farm plot in Linga village in Kalmeshwar tehsil where she resided with her labourer parents As per the PTI report the victim had suffered severe head injuries and a piece of cloth and rod were stuffed into her mouth while a bloodstained boulder lay nearbyThe police probe revealed she was raped and bludgeoned to death after which Puri who worked on the farm as a watchman was arrested the SPP saidA total of 26 witnesses were examined in the case he saidThe court sentenced Puri to life imprisonment under section 3762 of the IPC and under section 4 of the POCSO Act as well as seven years in jail under section 10 of POCSO Act Sathianathan saidAll the sentences will run concurrently the SPP informed