Hyderabad: The bail application of an accused in the ‘honour’ killing of Hemanth Avanthi was dismissed by the Telangana High Court on Wednesday. The petitioner, Kaila Sandeep Reddy, claimed he was framed by the police and that he had only visited Avanthi’s residence for deliberations, unaware of others’ murder plan. However, the public prosecutor contended that the vehicle used in the crime belonged to Reddy and that call records indicated his role in the crime.
T. Swetcha, counsel for Avanthi’s wife, contended that Reddy and others abducted Avanthi and handed him to hired assassins. “The accused in the case threatened the father of the deceased, who was one of the material witnesses, to not to depose against them in the trial court. Many witnesses have turned hostile and enlarging the petitioner on bail would cause grave harm to the trial,” Swetcha said, following which Justice C. Sumalatha observed that bail was not feasible and dismissed the plea.
HC directs cops to trace man missing since 2018
A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the police to trace a person missing since 2018, in connection with a habeas corpus writ petition filed by Aluguvelli Manemma, whose husband has been missing. A bench of Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili and Justice Pulla Karthik was informed by the petitioner that the man went missing from Puttapaka village in Pedapalli, under mysterious circumstances, following which the court directed the Manthani police to trace and produce him in court on April 26.
No anticipatory bail in minor rape case
Justice C. Sumalatha of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking anticipatory bail filed in a case under POCSO Act. The petition was filed by a Medchal-Malkajgiri district resident, who is the maternal aunt of the rape victim. The woman, who is also named an accused, used to host the 16-year-old victim at her house during her holidays, when her son is alleged to have raped and impregnated the girl. Upon getting to know of the pregnancy, the woman and her husband allegedly got her an abortion without her parents’ knowledge. Taking into account the severity of the crime, the court denied bail.
Anticipatory bail granted in fraud case
Gurram Srinivas Rao, MD of Akshara Facilities Management in Karimnagar, was granted anticipatory bail by Justice C. Sumalatha in a case of cheating and funds misappropriation. Employees of the company filed a case against Rao over non-payment of complete salaries despite receiving government aid. However, the petitioner’s counsel denied that such was the case and that the material part of the probe was pending. The judge, granting the petitioner anticipatory bail, directed him to pay Rs. 75,000 towards the bail bond and to deposit two sureties.
