Halappa files plea against DNA test

The former minister for the food and civil supplies Hartal Halappa, who is facing rape charges, filed a petition in the high court on Monday against DNA test to be conducted on him.

The former minister challenged the Shimoga judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) II court order of May 21 that initially permitted the CID to conduct DNA and voice tests on him but later suspended the same till May 24 after Halappa’s counsel sought time to appeal against the test in the high court. Naik told DNA on Monday that the petition was likely to come up for hearing on Tuesday.

The Shimoga court extended the judicial custody of Halappa to June 7 and also extended the date of conducting the DNA test to May 26. The high court adjourned Halappa’s bail plea to Wednesday.

During the bail plea hearing, Justice Subash B Adi asked the state government on the status of the investigation and the government submitted that investigation documents were yet to be received from the forensic science laboratory.  After that only the charge sheet would be filed.

However, the Shimoga police submitted the case diary and the statement of objections to the high court on Monday.

Justice Adi adjourned the case and directed the state that the documents can be submitted to the high court on Wednesday only if they get them.
Nithya case

The bail plea filed by sex-tainted godman Nithyananda Swamy in the high court will come for hearing on Tuesday.

BV Acharya, the former advocate general, will be arguing for the swamy after former special public prosecutor HS Chandramouli withdrew from the case. The matter that came for hearing on Monday was adjourned to Tuesday by the high court.