HC faulted Police calling suspect in odd hours
The court directed Praneeth Rao to appear before the Panjagutta station house officer every Monday at 11 am for eight weeks and ordered him not to influence any witnesses.;
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2025-02-15 03:18 GMT
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court faulted the Panjagutta police in calling an outsourcing employee, Vamshi Krishna, suspect in the phone-tapping case against BRS leader T. Harish Rao, to come to the police station at odd hours in the name of investigation.
The court directed the police to summon the suspect only between 10 am and 5pm for questioning. The court was not inclined to issue orders on the request of the petitioner, who sought permission for his advocate to accompany him for questioning.
Vamshi Krishna approached the court stating that the police were calling him at odd hours without issuing notices or clarifying the nature of allegations against him.
Nampally court grants bail to Praneeth Rao
Hyderabad: A Nampally court on Friday granted bail to former DSP Dugyala Praneeth Kumar, also known as Praneeth Rao, second accused in the alleged phone-tapping case under the BRS government. The court granted him bail on a condition that he furnishes two sureties each of Rs 1 lakh.
The court directed Praneeth Rao to appear before the Panjagutta station house officer every Monday at 11 am for eight weeks and ordered him not to influence any witnesses.
Praneeth Rao was arrested on March 13, 2024, by the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) on the basis of a complaint of illegal surveillance of the phones of then-Opposition leaders, among others. He has remained in judicial custody for nearly 11 months.
Several other accused in the case, including ASPs Tirupatanna and Bhujanga Rao, and former task force DIG Radha Kishan Rao, have been released on bail. Praneeth Rao’s lawyer argued that he was the only accused still in jail despite similar charges against others.
Praneeth Rao is set to be released by Saturday. former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao and Sravan Kumar of I-News, two other accused in the case, remain absconding.