Ex-KSPC Chief gets bail

B D Narayankar

Press Trust of India

Bangalore, Nov 24: Karnataka High Court today
granted conditional bail to former Karnataka State Public
Service Commission Chairman H N Krishna who was arrested in
connection with alleged irregularities in recruitment of
gazetted probationary officers.
Granting the relief, Justice Billappa said since
sufficient investigation had been done there was no purpose in
keeping the accused in custody.
The judge also said the complainant's highlighting the
grievance six years after the incident took place in 2005
gave rise to suspicion.
The judge directed Krishna, a former state Information
Commissioner, to furnish a Rs two lakh bond and two sureties
of the like sum. Krishna was also directed to submit his
passport to the court and appear before the CID for
interrogation as and when required.
A CID inquiry had found alleged discrimination,
fabrication of documents, fraud and criminal intimidation
among others in various stages of selection process of
gazetted probationers (Group A and B posts) during 1998, 1999
and 2004.
The CID had filed a complaint against him on August 11. A
Metropolitan Magistrate court had on October 12 remanded
Krishna to judicial custody.
Krishna also allegedly forced a candidate appearing for
personality test to put in his signature in attendance sheet
and another document and fabricated it later to disqualify
him.