MLAs poaching case: ‘Surrender in 24 hrs’, Telangana HC to accused
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Saturday directed the three accused in the case of alleged poaching of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs, to surrender before the police in 24 hours.
The court passed orders in favour of the state, and allowed the revision plea, directing the accused, Ramachandra Bharati alias Satish Sharma, Nanda Kumar, and Simhayaji Swamy to surrender before the police after they were set free on Friday.
The court set aside the Anti-Corruption Bureau Court’s ruling wherein it had rejected the remand of the accused.
A day earlier, the First Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases had rejected the remand application of the accused when they were presented before him late on Thursday night.
The judge observed that the police failed to comply with the mandatory procedure of issuing notices to the accused under section 41A of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Challenging this order, the Cyberabad police approached the High Court. The High Court judge observed the lower court did not take into consideration the Supreme Court judgment about notices under section 41 of CrPC. The judge noted that if the investigating officer feels that there is no need for issuing notice, he can act accordingly.
The three accused were set free by the court but were directed to not leave the city or tamper with the evidence in any form. They had been asked to inform the Commissioner of Police Hyderabad of their whereabouts.
