A bench of justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order on a petition filed by BJP member Nalin Kumar Kateel, who is also one of the accused and has challenged the criminal complaint.
The Karnataka high court said permitting further proceedings in this case at least until the objections have been filed would be an abuse of the process of law
A case has been filed against FM Nirmala Sitharaman and several others over the now-defunct electoral bonds scheme, following a Bengaluru court's order.