Ending days of speculation on whether he would get anticipatory bail to avoid appearing in court in person, former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa arrived at the city civil court complex where the special court of the Lokayukta is located, flashing his trademark victory sign, albeit to an angry crowd of lawyers on Monday afternoon.
The first Karnataka chief minister to be questioned in court, Mr Yeddyurappa, who was in the courtroom for an hour, had tried to pre-empt moves to arrest him by applying for bail.
The Karnataka high court had dismissed the former chief minister’s plea for anticipatory bail in the first set of summons by the Lokayukta court early on Monday, making it mandatory for him to appear before it in the afternoon.
The hearing of two other corruption cases against BSY over denotification of land by his government, has been adjourned to September 7. Ravi B Naik, the counsel appearing for Mr Yeddyurappa and his family, moved bail applications in the two cases. His sons and son-in-law are co-accused in one of the cases.
Mr Yeddyurappa drove to Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple in Chamarajpet before going home.
Although he was required to be present at the Lokayukta court only at 3 p.m he was there much ahead of time with his sons, B Y Raghavendra and B Y
Vijayendra and and son-in-law Sohan Kumar by his side.