Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by former Union Minister and BJP leader Anantkumar Hegde seeking the quashing of a criminal case registered against him for allegedly assaulting a doctor in Uttara Kannada district. With the dismissal of his plea, the interim stay on trial proceedings has also been lifted, paving the way for the case to move forward.

The matter came up before Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav on Thursday. The petition had challenged an FIR registered suo motu by the New Market Police Station in Sirsi. When the case was called for hearing, no one appeared on behalf of Hegde. Justice Yadav reportedly remarked, “If no one appears, I will dismiss the petition.”

Additional Government Pleader B.N. Jagadeesh informed the court that although the gover

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