On Wednesday, a CBI special court acquitted former Karnataka chief minister and state BJP president BS Yeddyurappa and all others in the Rs 40-crore mining bribery case.<br />Yeddyurappa, his two sons, a son-in-law, steel major JSW Steel and four Bellary-based JSW Steel affiliates were accused of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and corruption in the case.<br />In the judgement delivered at a packed court hall, Judge RB Dharmagouder exonerated nine other accused in the kickback case following indictment by the then Lokayukta Santosh Hegde.<br />Yeddyurappa had been sent to Bangalore central jail in October 2011 in connection with the case but was released on bail within three weeks.<br />The CBI had filed a chargesheet on 16 October 2012.<br /><br />Video: ANI<br />Music: Big Bang Fuzz
