The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the police not to submit the final report of the investigation without its prior permission in the criminal case registered in connection with the stampede outside M. Chinnaswamy stadium, in which 11 people died during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) victory celebrations on June 4.

Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar passed the interim order during the hearing on petitions filed by Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL), which owns RCB, DNA Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, which is the official event manager for the RCSPL, the Karnataka State Cricket Association, and top executives associated with these organisations. They had challenged the legality of registration of criminal case against them.

The court imposed a rider on submitting the investigation report to the jurisdictional court by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is probing the case now, as the court had earlier only restrained it from taking any coercive steps against the organisations and their representatives during the pendency of their petitions while giving liberty to the CID to continue the investigation.

When the petitions came up for hearing, the advocates representing the petitioners expressed apprehension that their interest would be adversely affected if the CID files final report/charge sheet in the case during the pendency of their petitions.

The court adjourned further hearing till August 5.