In an interim order, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed all further investigation in a crime registered against BJP candidate D N Jeevaraj, who has been accused of tampering with ballot papers during the recounting process held in the state’s Sringeri Assembly constituency on May 2. “Court is of the prima facie view that it (FIR) should be stayed. Under political pressure, police should not file FIR. This is nothing but abuse of the process,” a vacation bench of Justice V Srishananda said, while hearing a petition filed by Jeevaraj. The interim order is till May 7, the next date of hearing. In the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections, Congress candidate T D Rajegowda was declared the winner after polling 59,171 votes. Jeevaraj secured 58,970, a difference of 201 votes. Jeevaraj challenged the results by filing an election petition before the high court. On April 6 this year, the court partly allowed it and directed re-verification of 279 rejected postal ballots and a recount of all postal ballots.…