The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the police not to arrest former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in connection with the POCSO case till the next hearing on June 17.
A non-bailable warrant was issued against Yediyurappa relating to the alleged sexual harassment of a minor on Thursday.
The court had also asked the BJP leader to cooperate with the probe agency.
Since he failed to appear for the questioning on Wednesday, the Special Investigation Team of the CID had moved the First Fast Track Court seeking an arrest warrant against him.
Yediyurappa had sought time to join the probe.
Reportedly, the veteran BJP leader has gone to an undisclosed location in New Delhi.
According to police, Yediyurappa has been booked under the POCSO Act and Section 354 A (Sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl who alleged that he molested her daughter during a meeting on February two this year, at his residence in Dollars Colony.
The Sadashivanagar police registered the case against Yediyurappa on March 14 and the investigation was handed over to the CID on the same day.
