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 red-handed 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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