October 18, 2011 8:07 PM

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Yeddy bail plea hearing adjourned

The Karnataka High Court today adjourned to the 20th of this month the hearing on the interim bail plea of former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in denotifying government lands. Justice B V Pinto adjourned the hearing on the application filed yesterday by Yeddyurappa, who, facing imminent arrest, had surrendered before the Lokayukta Court last Saturday after it rejected his bail application. The Judge rejected the plea by C H Hanumantharaya, counsel for the petitioner Sirajin Basha, for 20 days time, to file his objections to the bail plea.The Lokayukta court had on the 15th of this month remanded Yeddyurappa to judicial custody till October 22nd.Yeddyurappa, against whom five private complaints have been filed for alleged irregularities in denotification of government land, has been undergoing treatment in the state-run Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology for high blood pressure and chest pain since the 15th of this month. Hospital sources maintained that Yeddyurappa is likely to be discharged from hospital by this evening. AIR correspondent reports that due to the adjournment of bail plea, Yeddyurappa will have to shift back to jail after his discharge from the hospital.

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