The Telangana High Court has also given no relief to Bandi Sanjay, the lead accused in the Warangal test paper leak case, whose dismissal petition was released for hearing on Monday.
Posted on – Thu, 06 Apr 23 at 9:49pm
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Hyderabad: The Hanamkonda District Court’s handling of BJP state president Bandi Sanjay’s bail application was pending until late Thursday night as both sides argued over the petition beyond the court session. Meanwhile, the High Court has also given no relief to Sanjay, the lead accused in the Warangal exam paper leak case, whose dismissal petition was released for hearing on Monday.
Earlier, the Hanamkonda court had released the police application seeking to detain Bandi Sanjay until Monday, opening up a fresh round of debate over whether he could be released on bail after the police custody application was issued until Monday.
In the High Court, Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan issued a notice to the state police to respond to Sanjay’s request to revoke the District Court’s order to remand him in judicial custody, while saying that Sanjay is free to submit a motion to bail if required Apply. The petition for the remand order will be heard in detail on Monday.
Sanjay’s lawyer, N Ramchander Rao, argued that the magistrate failed to see whether Section 41-A of the Criminal Procedure Code and the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar v Bihar were violated.
He also argued that the magistrate erroneously concluded that evidence would have been tampered with if the petitioner were let out. He claimed the remand was “unlawful” and that the magistrate “did not use his mind properly”.
According to the police, Sanjay was arraigned as the lead accused based on the confession of Accused No. 2, a former TV journalist who is currently an active member of NaMo, a front group of the BJP. Sanjay’s lawyers have denied police allegations that a bogus case was presented to him to tarnish the BJP’s image and prevent him from attending Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s April 8 visit to Hyderabad. ) s meeting.
