The issue pertained to a long-running dispute that lasted more than a century, in which the appellants or defendants (Ogeppa, deceased) and the respondents or plaintiffs (Sahebgouda, deceased) made opposing assertions with regard to the ancestral pujari rights and the authority to carry out worship of Amogasidda, a saint who died 600 years ago.
High Court quashed the case against the other accused, Soyab Khan, who was accused of giving shelter to Mukarram Khan in Hyderabad to help him escape the police.
The Ladle Mashaik Dargah has moved the Supreme Court to block Maha Shivaratri puja on February 15. The plea alleges a "strategic pattern" of using interim court orders to bypass the Places of Worship Act and alter the site's religious character.
“There shall be an interim order of stay of all investigation pursuant to the registration of the crime till the next date of hearing,” Justice Nagaprasanna ruled.
Once the investigation begn focusing on the role of the 4 'activists', they quickly went to the Karnataka High Court to have the entire case thrown out.