Bangalore: Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former Housing Minister S N Krishnaiah Setty in one of the corruption cases, in which he has been named as accused along with former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. Justice H Billappa granted anticipatory bail to Setty in the first corruption case filed by advocate Sirajin Basha against Yeddyurappa, his sons, B Y Raghavendra, MP, B Y Vijayendra, son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar, Setty and Dhavalagiri Property Developers Pvt Ltd.
The court directed Setty to furnish a personal bond of Rs two lakh and two sureties of the like sum and also imposed certain conditions on him, including not to tamper with the prosecution witnesses and not to leave the country without prior permission of the court.
The other accused in the case were granted anticipatory bail by the same court last month. A final report has already been submitted by the Lokayukta police in this case on which the Lokayukta Court ordered a probe.
The case pertains to illegal denotification of government lands and amalgamation of public road in Rachenahalli village in Bangalore South Taluk for pecuniary gain.
PTI