The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation on a petition filed by Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni challenging a special court’s order of convicting him in a murder case
Vinay Kulkarni, elected to the Legislative Assembly from the Dharwad constituency, was named as prime accused in the murder of Yogeshgouda Goudar, a 26-year-old BJP zilla panchayat member, in Dharwad in 2016
While the MLA has been convicted for both criminal conspiracy and murder under provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), he and Chandrashekar Indi were acquitted of the charges under the Arms Act, 1959, as the sanction for their prosecution under this law was not obtained