In a relief to former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, the Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed proceedings initiated against him and his wife in a lower court, terming the case against them as politically motivated.Passing the order, Justice V Jagannathan referred to an unseen hand behind the private complaint filed by an advocate, wondering how he secured the copies of communication between the then Chief Minister and his Political Secretary without applying under te Right to Information Act (RTI).The cases against Kumaraswamy and his wife Anita, JDS MLA, relate to renewal of mining lease to the Jantakal Mining Firm in violation of norms and alleged irregularities in allotment of sites to Vishwabharathi Housing Cooperative Society, which had made a quid pro quo site allotment to Anita, during Kumaraswamy's tenure as Chief Minister.The Judge said he would not allow misuse of Section 200 of CrPC, pertaining to private complaints to unleash vendetta and to harass public persons, and imposed a fine of one lakh rupees on the complainant to be given to the couple.