A two-judge bench of the SC also stayed the Karanataka High Court order, which refused to quash the criminal case and directed the Siddaramiah and other Congress leaders to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000 each.
In the wake of the incident, the police earlier registered a suo motu case of culpable homicide and booked the owner of the site, the contractor who erected the hoarding, the person who had rented it and the firm that was advertising on it, officials said. Officers have till now arrested Namdeo Barku Mhasudge, who owns the site, while the others remain on the run.
The incident took place around 5.30 pm on the service road of the bypass of the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway. The probe has revealed that the hoarding was illegally constructed.