Summary:
Therefore, the judge ruled, he was not liable to be charged with “criminal breach of trust by public servant”. 1 Reddy was a public servant, he was not entrusted with forest and mineral resources in Ballari nor was forests and minerals under his domain. The CBI claims Reddy did this when he was minister in charge of Ballari district. The investigative agency also claims Reddy colluded with two forest officials and one mines and geology department official who allowed 17 individuals and entities, including Congress MLAs Anand Singh from Vijayanagar and B Nagendra from Kudligi, to illegally extract ore.Judge B V Patil agreed that though accused No. The judge said the three accused officials — then forest conservators S Muthaiah and Manojo Kumar Shukla and deputy director S P Raju — will continue to face charges for offences under IPC section 409.The ore was exported from Belekeri port in Uttara Kannada district from where it was exported..