Bengaluru: In yet another dramatic turn in the Dharmasthala ‘mass burials’ case, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday stayed the FIR in the sensational case after the four activists who had backed the registration of the very FIR sought its quashing.

Justice Mohammad Nawaz passed the interim order after hearing a petition filed by activists Girish Mattannavar, Mahesh Shetty Thimarody, T Jayant and Vittala Gowda.

During the hearing, the court questioned why a separate FIR had not been registered against the complaint-witness in the case. It stayed the FIR after observing that multiple notices had been issued to the petitioners and noting the concerns that magistrate’s permission before registering a cognisable offence was not proper.

It ordered notices to the respondents — Home Departmen

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