Telangana: Former MLC Prem Sagar fails to get advance bail
Accepting the argument of the public prosecutor, the judge dismissed Mr Rao's petitions.
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court on Friday refused to grant anticipatory bail to former MLC from Adilabad district, Prem Sagar Rao, in 25 cases registered against him for alleged involvement in instigating the Adivasis against the Lambadas and financing them to agitate for deletion of Lambadas from the list of Scheduled Tribes.
Justice T. Rajani dismis-sed the petitions moved by the Congressman seeking to quash the cases against him and also to grant him anticipatory bail. Mr Rao contended that the 25 cases registered in different police stations against him was due to political differences with the TRS.
Public prosecutor C Pratap Reddy told the court that the police had evidence that Mr Rao financed the Adivasi youth to indulge in violence, and that granting bail to him at this stage of the investigation would hamper the probe and there is the possibility of the petitioner threatening witnesses in the case.
Accepting the argument of the public prosecutor, the judge dismissed Mr Rao’s petitions.