BANGALORE: The FIR booked against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was based on a private complaint (PCR) registered in the Lokayukta Court by JD(S) leader Y S V Datta alleges a Yeddyurappa family-owned company and a trust of accepting donations of Rs13 crore from a businessman for alleged illegal gratification towards him in the second phase of the Upper Bhadra Project. In his complaint, Datta alleged that Dhavalagiri Properties, a firm owned by Yeddyurappa’s sons, B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vijayendra, and son-in-law received a kickback of Rs13 crore from a company which was given work contract in an irrigation project. Datta claimed that the company’s charges for the work were much higher than its competitors but still it was favoured as it had given Rs13 crore to Dhavalagiri Properties.What the Law Says13 (1) (d) of PC Act: A public servant is said to commit the offence of criminal misconduct, if by corrupt or illegal means, obtains for himself or for any other person any valuable or pecuniary advantage, or does the same for any other person; or while holding office as a public servant obtains for any person any valuable thing or pecuniary advantage without any public interest; or if he or any person on his behalf, is in possession or has, at any time during the period of his office, been in possession for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income. 13 (2) of PC Act:Any public servant who commits criminal misconduct shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than one year but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.HC adjourns BSY case to Aug 17The High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the writ petition filed by former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa challenging the Lokayukta report on illegal mining, in which he had been indicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, to August 17. The division bench comprising Justice K L Manjunath and Justice H S Kempanna made the announcement after allowing the submission by the advocate appearing for the former chief minister, granting time to the petitioner to produce relevant documents of the U V Singh report on illegal mining. The court had earlier sought Singh’s report stating that it would look into the case only after examining the report. Singh had traced the possible relationship between Jindal Group of Companies and M/s South West Mining Company Limited.
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