Southern States - Andhra Pradesh   

IPS officer's bail plea rejected

By Our Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM DEC. 11. The Special Court for CBI Cases on Thursday dismissed the bail plea by the senior IPS officer, A. Sudhakar Rao, and the Mahila Court public prosecutor, K.L.D. Nagasri, who figure as accused in the DIG bribery case.

After hearing arguments by the counsels for the CBI and the accused, the judge, Y. Dhilleswara Rao, granted the transfer of both the accused from the judicial remand to the CBI custody for interrogation. He said the CBI should take them into their custody on Friday and Saturday and hand them over to judicial remand before expiry of 48 hours. The judge also directed the CBI not to ill-treat the accused, refrain from subjecting them to `pointless drilling' and provide them decent food.

"It's a moral victory for us,'' was the reaction of the CBI Deputy Legal Adviser, N. Mahalingam, who flew in here to argue on behalf of the CBI. While the CBI public prosecutor, B. Ravindranath, and the DSP and the investigation officer in the case, Rishi Prakash, appeared for the prosecution, senior advocates, Kandala Srinivasa Rao, and Satyanarayana Murthy, argued respectively for the both the accused. Mr. Srinivasa Rao said that they would submit a fresh bail petition for the release of the accused. According to indications, the CBI will take Sudhakar Rao and Nagasri into its custody on Friday morning.

Earlier, during the arguments, Mr. Mahalingam contended that the accused being influential persons--Sudhakar Rao, an IPS officer who served as the DIG of CBI till a week ago, and Nagasri being the Mahila Court public prosecutor--could influence the investigation if they were set free on bail. Quoting a Supreme Court ruling, he said an accused could be kept in police remand up to 15 days.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Southern States

News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary |

Stories in this Section

• Pall of gloom in Nellore villages
• Telugu Desam puts up show of strength
• Naxals raid sub-station
• IPS officer's bail plea rejected
• Collector suspends municipal works
• Where ad hocism rules the roost
• BJP for inter-basin transfer of water
• MP's remarks against Mandava baffle TDP leaders
• Gadgets on CM rally route cause flutter
• Azad sees no development in State

Copyright © 2003, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu