Supreme Court stays Karnataka High Court order granting relief to police officer in Bitcoin scam probe

The Supreme Court has stayed a May 2 order of the Karnataka High Court granting virtual anticipatory bail to a police officer being investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) in a Bitcoin scam-linked case in the state.

The SIT approached the Supreme Court on May 15 after the High Court ordered the release of Shridhar Pujar on a surety of Rs 2 lakh at the end of a day of questioning despite the deputy superintendent rank police officer not seeking bail in his petition in the HC.

In orders passed on May 24, a vacation bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Bela Trivedi and Justice Pankaj Mithal ordered a stay on the May 2 order