Justice K. Surender of the Telangana High Court on Thursday instructed the Kagaznagar police of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district not to arrest State Bahujan Samaj Party chief R.S. Praveen Kumar, who is contesting from Kagaznagar, and others, in a case registered during election campaigning there.
The judge passed the direction after hearing a writ petition filed by the BSP chief requesting the HC to quash the criminal case registered against him and his party workers.
The Kagaznagar Town police on November 13 registered a criminal case against Mr. Praveen Kumar, a former IPS officer who joined politics after taking voluntary retirement, following a complaint lodged by a vehicle driver Aleem Khan.