Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has concluded its hearing on Telugu Desam president Chandrababu Naidu’s bail plea in the Angallu violence case and reserved its verdict.
A single judge bench of Justice Suresh Reddy held a hearing on Naidu’s petition seeking bail in a case booked by the Mudivedu police in Annamayya district.
Naidu’s senior counsel Posani Venkateswarlu submitted that prior police permission was taken for the rally. By the time the rally reached the Angallu Centre, a section of the people hailing from the ruling YSRC “pelted stones on Naidu’s convoy and filed a false case against their party supporters.”
He pointed out that as the petitioner was already in judicial custody, they filed a petition seeking bail for him and informed the court that the inquiry officer failed to file a PT warrant petition despite knowing that the petitioner was in judicial custody.
Counsel argued that a case was booked after four days of the incident with mala fide intention. No reason was mentioned in the FIR on delaying the registration of the case, he said.
He informed the court that the petitioner went there in a rally as part of his visit to the irrigation projects after taking permission from the police. “The supporters of YSR Congress pelted stones on Naidu’s convoy with an intention to create tension. The high court has already granted bail to some accused in the case, he said, and prayed for bail to Naidu.
However, the additional advocate general, speaking on behalf of the police department, argued that Naidu’s petition did not have the eligibility for consideration. The petitioner could not be compared with the other accused in the case, he said.
The AAG argued that the violence took place only at the provocation of the petitioner as his supporters “took law into their hands.” Naidu being a former CM, he should have behaved in a more responsible manner, he said and urged the court to reject Naidu’s bail plea.
