The court took cognisance of the BJP leader’s advanced age and age-related ailments and put his detention on hold till the next date of hearing.

Earlier, the BJP called BS Yediyurappa’s arrest warrant as a revenge against Rahul Gandhi’s defamation case.

In a controversial ruling, the Delhi High Court acquitted a man accused of child sex abuse because the social stigma suffered by those falsely accused of being "child abusers" is more painful than imprisonment.

BJP leader BS Yediyurappa was booked for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. The case has been transferred to CID.

The Sadashivanagar police have registered a case against Yediyurappa under Section 8 (sexual assault) of the POCSO Act and Section 354 (a) (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).