Bengaluru, 28 June

High Court on Friday extended its interim order restraining Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from arresting former chief minister BS Yediyurappa, in POCSO Act.

The bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit continued its earlier order, as it permitted the prosecution to file its objection to the petition filed by Yediyurappa seeking quashing of the case.

A Bengaluru court on 13 June issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Yediyurappa in the case registered against him on 14 March this year. High Court on 14 June restrained CID from arresting Yediyurappa, while directing him to appear before it for probe. Yediyurappa was questioned for over three hours by CID on 17 June.