Overview
- The board filed an application on October 14 seeking to intervene in a pending criminal appeal and to have fixing prosecutable as cheating under Section 318 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 420 of the IPC.
- Its plea argues fixing satisfies deception, dishonest inducement and delivery of property, pointing to money spent by spectators and sponsors as the property delivered.
- Recognising cheating would permit police investigations and penal prosecution beyond the BCCI’s 2019 Anti-Corruption Code.
- The appeal stems from 2018–2019 Karnataka Premier League allegations that the High Court in 2022 declined to treat as a crime.
- The filing cites the Law Commission’s recommendation and foreign laws, including Sri Lanka’s 2019 statute, as support, and the case remains before the court.