Synopsis: Seeking quashing of the FIR, the activists said in their petition, “The FIR was initially registered for an offence under Section 211(a) BNS — a non-cognisable offence — without obtaining a reasoned order of the jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 175(2) BNSS, thereby rendering the registration itself without jurisdiction.”

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday, 30 October, ordered an interim stay into the Dharmasthala mass burials case investigation till 12 November.

The stay came after a petition filed by activists Girish Mattanavar, Mahesh Thimmarodi, Jayant T, and Vittal Gowda who had sought the quashing of the FIR filed by the Dharmasthala police based on the complaint of Chinnaiah.

The complainant had alleged that he had buried several bodies illegally at the behest

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