Former state Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who was arrested in two corruption cases on October 15, secured conditional bail from state high court (HC) in the second case. He was granted bail in the first case on November 3.
Justice B V Pinto of the Karnataka HC granted bail on the condition that Yeddyurappa furnishes a bond for Rs 500,000, two sureties for the same amount each, refrain from tampering with evidence and participate in trial court proceedings against him in the two cases.
Yeddyurappa is likely to be out of Bangalore Central Jail on bail by end of Tuesday if he fulfills the bond conditions. His lawyers told reporters at the high court premises that they have asked for a copy of the bail order as that and the bonds would have to be given to the trial court.
On October 15, the special Lokayukta (ombudsman) court judge N K Sudhindra Rao had sent Yeddyurappa to jail after rejecting his bail plea.
Yeddyurappa spent only a few hours in jail before he was shifted to a hospital after he complained of chest pain. He spent three days in two hospitals and went back to jail on October 19 after media and opposition parties slammed what was seen as an attempt to avoid jail stay.
He is facing three more corruption and illegal land deals cases and has sought anticipatory bail in them.
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The five cases were filed in January this year by two Bangalore-based advocates Sirajin Bhasha and N K Balaraj after Governor
H R Bhardwaj granted them permission to launch criminal proceedings against Yeddyurappa in a case pertaining to denotification of governmeWnt lands for monetary gains. The HC also granted bail to Yeddyurappa’s former ministerial colleague and co-accused S N Krishnaiah Setty.