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Rejecting a plea for assistance of bail made by Congress MLA from Dharwad constituency Vinay R. Kulkarni, the High Court of Karnataka connected Tuesday asked him to attack the Supreme Court arsenic the second cancelled his bail connected the crushed of “attempting to either interaction oregon power witnesses” successful a 2016 lawsuit of execution of a BJP leader.
Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav, successful his bid dismissing Mr. Kulkarni’s petition, has said that “it volition beryllium against judicial propriety for immoderate different tribunal to reconsider and assistance bail to the petitioner arsenic the Supreme Court has cancelled bail connected the crushed of usurpation of conditions without reserving liberty” to question bail afresh.
Mr. Kulkarni filed the petition seeking bail aft the proceedings tribunal declined to assistance him bail citing the Supreme Court’s June 2025 bid cancelling his bail.
‘Change successful circumstances’
He sought bail portion pointing retired that determination has been “a alteration successful circumstances” present arsenic each the important witnesses person been examined and their statements person been recorded by the proceedings tribunal and it is lone the grounds of authoritative witnesses that remains to beryllium recorded.
It was besides pointed retired that Mr. Kulkarni enjoyed alleviation of bail for 4 years arsenic the Supreme Court itself granted bail to him successful August 2021 earlier cancelling it successful June 2025 connected the crushed of him making an effort to tamper with evidence.
However, the High Court said, “By misuse of liberty granted, the petitioner disentitled himself from claiming to beryllium released connected bail by relying connected merits of assertion of bail connected immoderate grounds. The accused is required to determination the Supreme Court itself for reconsideration.”
While “change successful circumstances” tin beryllium a crushed for re-approaching the tribunal seeking caller bail wherever an exertion has been rejected connected merits, the aforesaid logic cannot beryllium extended successful cases wherever bail granted is cancelled owed to usurpation of conditions, the High Court said.
Murder case
The execution Yogeeshgouda Goudar, who was past a zilla panchayat subordinate from the BJP, was reported successful June 2016 and the State Police filed a chargesheet against six radical successful September 2016. The proceedings was conducted based connected this chargesheet betwixt 2017 and 2019.
However, the State authorities successful 2019 asked the CBI to behaviour further probe and the CBI, successful its chargesheet arraigned 21 people, including Mr. Kulkarni arsenic accused. He was not an accused successful the chargesheet filed by the State Police.
