A recent court ruling has put the Royal Challengers Bangalore team at the center of attention.
The team’s owners, Royal Challengers Sports Limited, asked the Karnataka High Court to drop the FIR against them.
Now, the court has delayed its decision until Wednesday.
Judge SR Krishna Kumar also put off hearing the petition from DNA Entertainment Networks Private Limited.
The court wants the state government to have time to respond to the petitions.
There’s an agreement that Royal Challengers Sports Limited and DNA Networks Limited won’t be bothered by the police till then.
No officials or employees can be arrested, and they can’t leave the country either.
This all started after a stampede in Bengaluru left 11 people dead.
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s marketing head, Nikhil Sosale, and DNA Networks’ vice-president, Sunil Mathew, were arrested on June 6.
The Karnataka High Court delayed hearing their bail pleas too.
The police say that DNA Networks organized a victory celebration at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium without permission.
They also claim that the company invited fans to the event on social media without getting approval from the Bangalore police.
The court will hear the case again on Wednesday.
Until then, the fate of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team and its owners hangs in the balance.
Here are the key points:
- The Karnataka High Court delayed hearing the petition from Royal Challengers Sports Limited and DNA Entertainment Networks Private Limited.
- No officials or employees from the two companies can be arrested or leave the country until the next hearing.
- The police arrested two men, Nikhil Sosale and Sunil Mathew, in connection with the stampede that killed 11 people.
- The companies are accused of organizing a victory celebration without permission and inviting fans on social media without approval.