A CBI Special Court in Bangalore has rejected anticipatory bail to former Chief Minister of Karnataka, B. S. Yeddyurappa in the illegal mining case. Judge D.R. Venkata Sudarshan also rejected anticipatory bail pleas of Yeddyurappa’s two sons, B.Y Raghavendra and B.Y. Vijayendra and son-in-law R. Sohan Kumar. His lawyers said they would move the High Court for bail. The mining bribery case is being probed by the CBI on the directive of the Supreme Court. Yeddyurappa and his kin are accused of taking kickbacks from mining companies in return for favour.