They had questioned the registration of the FIR, which was registered in Belthangady and transferred to the SIT later, and also the notices issued to them by the SIT.
The petitioners had prayed to quash the FIR, which was registered in Belthangady and transferred to the Special Investigation Team later, and also challenged the notices issued to them by the SIT.
The Dharmasthala mass burial case hit the national headlines in July on the embers of the yet-to-be-solved rape and murder case of a 17-year-old Soujanya in October 2012 at Ujire in DK district.
The SIT had issued them notices after they had made several statements in support of the temple administration and also alleged burials in Dharmasthala village.
Vittal Gowda, uncle of the late Sowjanya and a witness in the 2012 rape and murder case, earlier claimed he found several human remains, including skulls, during a mahazar conducted by SIT officials i ...
