Karnataka Police files chargesheet against former CM BS Yediyurappa in POCSO case
The former chief minister was charged under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, which prescribe jail term.
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The Karnataka Police’s Criminal Investigation Department on Thursday filed a chargesheet against Bharatiya Janata Party leader BS Yediyurappa in connection with a case pertaining to the alleged sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl, The Indian Express reported.
The former Karnataka chief minister had allegedly sexually assaulted the minor on February 2 when she, along with her mother, had gone to his house seeking his help in a 2015 rape case investigation.
The 81-year-old has been charged for sexual assault of the minor under Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, which prescribes a punishment of three to five years in jail. He had been booked under the Act in March.
He also faces charges of sexual harassment under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code.
Yediyurappa and his three associates, Arun YM, Rudresh M and Y Mariswamy, were also charged under provisions of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to destruction of evidence (Section 204) and offering bribes for concealing the offence (Section 214) for allegedly destroying a video recorded by the girl’s mother during the confrontation with the former chief minister after the alleged incident of sexual assault.
According to the complainant, she was asked to go to another room while her mother was explaining the details of the rape case, which has pending since...
