Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday
stayed further proceedings in the charge sheet filed against
JD-S MLA Zameer Ahmed, who is one of the 13 persons accused in
connection with a highway robbery case.
When criminal petitions filed by Ahmed, the complainant
and two other witnesses seeking quashing of the charge sheet
against him came up before Justice Keshav Narayan, he stayed
further proceedings in the case.
They had also filed petition challenging a local
magistrate order refusing to record their statements on an
application which they had filed before stating the "complaint
was concocted and they had never filed any complaint".
When these petitions came up before the court, it stayed
further proceedings in the case.
On February nine, a charge sheet had been filed by the
Kengeri police against 13 persons including Zameer Ahmed on
the basis of a complaint lodged October 30 last year by a
merchant alleging that he was robbed of Rs 50 lakh cash.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, March 03, 2011, 18:42