Lokayukta court adjourns bail pleas of Yeddyurappa to Oct. 15

Former Cheif Minister B.S. Yeddurappa comming of the Lokayukta Copurt at City Civil court complex after the hearing on September 24, 2011. A file photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

A Lokyukta court on Monday adjourned the bail applications of former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to October 15, in two private complaints relating to alleged corruption in denotification of government land.

Lokayukta Special Court Judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao adjourned the hearing to October 15 in view of the stay granted by the Karnataka High Court on the proceedings in the two complaints.

The High Court had on September 30 stayed the proceedings in the Lokayukta court until further orders on petitions by Mr. Yeddyurappa challenging summons issued by it.

The Lokayukta court was to have passed its orders on the bail applications today.

Mr. Yeddyurappa and the other accused in the two cases appeared before the court.

The high court has posted Mr. Yeddyurappa’s petitions for next hearing on October 14.