HC refuses to halt probe on fake certificate row
Karnataka High Court refused to halt a criminal investigation against Suma S Sahukar, daughter of suspended former KPSC chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar, in a fake income certificate case.
Justice M Nagaprasanna questioned how Suma Sahukar claimed reservation benefits by declaring an annual income of ₹40,000 when investigators alleged her family's income was about ₹30 lakh.
The court observed that the income certificate required disclosure of family income, not just individual income, and that the case appeared to be one of fraud.
The judge noted a disturbing pattern of controversies in KPSC recruitments.
Suma Sahukar withdrew her plea seeking to quash the FIR after the court indicated it would not grant interim protection or terminate proceedings.
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