High Court bars coercive steps against Karnataka cricket body in stampede case
The Karnataka High Court on Friday barred the administration from taking any coercive action against the Karnataka State Cricket Association in the Bengaluru stadium stampede case.The high court ruling came as a big relief to the state cricket body officials who were protected from arrest after they were named in the FIR filed in the case, along with Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the event management firm DNA Entertainment Private Limited, citing various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.advertisementThe three organisers were booked for "criminal negligence" in the incident which claimed 11 lives with 56 others injured when a huge crowd gathered outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during a ceremony to felicitate IPL 18 winners RCB on June 4.
Justice SR Krishna Kumar, directing the petitioner to not leave the jurisdiction of the court without permission, also instructed KSCA officials to cooperate with the probe."No precipitative be taken against management of Karnataka State Cricket Association till the next date of hearing, subject to condition that they shall cooperate with the investigation," Justice Kumar said.Earlier, the KSCA distanced itself from the chaos that erupted during the RCB victory celebrations, squarely blaming the state government, RCB, and event organisers for the mismanagement that led to a stampede.advertisement
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