Bengaluru Stampede Case: HC permits Govt to submit status report in sealed cover, posts hearing to June 12
The Karnataka High Court allowed the state government to submit a sealed status report regarding the Chinnaswamy stadium stampede. This decision came amidst concerns that public disclosure could influence the judicial inquiry and bail hearings. The court will hear the case on June 12.
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The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday permitted the state government to submit a status report into the June 4 stampede outside Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru in a sealed cover accepting a request from the government that making its content public might influence judicial enquiry as well as the ongoing hearing on the bail petitions.A division bench of acting chief justice V Kameshwar Rao and Justice CM Joshi will now hear the case on June 12, Thursday. The HC has taken up suo motu cognizance of the ghastly stampede caused during the RCB's victory celebrations after winning the 2025 IPL final that led to an unprecedented stampede killing 11 people and injuring scores of others. Quite a few public-spirited people have moved the high court seeking justice in the case.AG Shashi Kiran Shetty, appearing for the government, mentioned the likelihood of the persons arrested in connection with the case using the status report in the bail petitions, and its influence on the judicial enquiry.Justice SR Krishna Kumar at the high court posted for Wednesday the bail petition from RCB's marketing head Nikhil Sosale in connection with the stampede case.His counsel questioned why his client, and three others associated with the DNA Entertainment Network, had been singled out in the case. The police, on June 6, arrested DNA Vice president Sunil Mathew, operations manager Kiran Kumar S and another employee Shamant NP Mavinakere along with Sosale. They have also challenged their arrest.Sosale's counsel said the arrests were made only because Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ordered the arrests and not because the investigations required their arrest. Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty urged the court to hear the matter on Wednesday as he needed time to come back with a response.
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