Jantakal mining case : Court quashes HDK’s bail petition

Bengaluru: A special court investigating into the Jantakal Mining Company bribery case has quashed the anticipatory bail petition filed by former chief minister H D Kumarswamy.

Giving bail may influence the future proceedings of the case being investigated by SIT, the court reasoned while quashing the bail application filed by Kumarswamy.

It may be recalled that HDK is facing allegations of having received bribe from the Jantakal Mining Company in an illegal mining case following Supreme Court ordering a probe against him.

Kumaraswamy had been getting bails in this case. His anticipatory bail application with the Lokayukta court too was dismissed earlier. An SIT inquiry into the allegations of Kumaraswamy receiving Rs 150 Crore in bribe is in progress.

Kumaraswamy's lawyer, however, argued that an old case has been revived with malicious intentions and demanded that it be withdrawn. However, the court dismissed those arguments and dismissed HDK’s bail application.