Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Dec 8: The high court has stayed the hearing of a case in a subordinate court against journalist, Ravi Belagere. The single judge bench of the high court presided over by Justice P S Dinesh Kumar issued this stay.
Belagere has been charged with hiring a contract killer to eliminate a colleague and illegal possession of arms.
Advocate, C V Nagesh, who appeared on behalf of the petitioner, claimed that his client has been unnecessarily entangled in this case. He said that the case is based on improper and untrue allegations which suffer from lack of evidences. He further said that central crime branch of police does not have the right to file charge sheet, when seeking to quash the case.