AP HC dismisses Jagan petition against arrest
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Saturday justified the arrest of YSR Congress party president and Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in the illegal investments case by the Central Bureau of Investigation. While dismissing a writ and also a criminal petition by Jagan seeking declaration of his arrest as illegal, Justice B. Chandra Kumar said that there was nothing mala fide in the arrest of the petitioner.
Jagan Mohan Reddy had alleged that the CBI had arrested him under political pressure from Delhi to prevent him from taking part in the election campaign in the ensuing by-polls. The judge said that the CBI had arrested the accused fearing that he would influence witnesses and tamper with evidence by misusing his position as MP and party president. The judge said that there was evidence for the apprehension of the CBI as some of the witnesses who were prepared to depose against the accused in the case, had refused to give their statement before the magistrate. The CBI has shown the case dairies to the court in this regard, the judge added.
The judge dismissed the pleas of Jagathi Publication, V. Vijaya Sai Reddy and Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy seeking a direction from the court to declare the action of the CBI court as illegal, by taking cognisance of the CBI chargesheets in the case. The judge also dismissed the pleas by Jagathi Publications by issuing a summons in the case.
HC: No interim bail plea from Jagan pending
Justice B. Chandra Kumar of AP High Court on Saturday made it clear that no application is pending before the court to grant interim bail to YSR Congress president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and let him participate in the election campaign. While allowing a plea by the CBI, seeking a direction to set aside the CBI court’s order in remanding Jagan Reddy under Section 309 of CrPC, Justice Kumar observed that the question of granting interim bail dose not arise since there was no application from the petitioner.
Section 309 of CrPC specifies that a trial court should remand an accused after completion of probe and taking cognizance of offence, while Section 167(2) CrPC stipulates a trial court to remand an accused till the probe is over. Setting aside the CBI court’s order, Justice Kumar remanded Jagan under Section 167(2) of CrPC.
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