B D Narayankar
Press Trust of India
Bangalore, Nov 24: The Karnataka High Court today
rejected the petition filed by BJP MLA Y Sampangi seeking
transfer of a bribery case against him in a lower court before
some other judge, for lack of documentary evidence.
Sampangi had contended that his case be transferred to
another court as present Lokayukta Judge N K Sudhindra Rao and
complainant Hussain M Farooq hail from Kolar district to which
he also belongs.
Justice B V Pinto rejected the petition by dismissing
the statements made by Sampangi as mere allegations which were
not substantiated with documentary evidence.
Sampangi, the MLA from Kolar Gold Fields, was caught by
Lokayukta police in January 2009 at the Legislator's home
while allegedly accepting Rs five lakh bribe from Farooq, a
businessman, to settle a civil dispute.
The legislator was booked under the Prevention of
Corruption Act, and charges were framed against him earlier
this year.
On October 31, Sampangi was granted bail by the Lokayukta
court.
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