The Supreme Court on June 9 agreed to hear on June 13 an appeal against the Telangana High Court decision to grant anticipatory bail to Lok Sabha MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy in connection with the murder of former Andhra Pradesh Minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy in 2019.
Appearing before a Vacation Bench led by Justice Aniruddha Bose, senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Suneetha Narreddy, the daughter of Vivekananda Reddy, said Avinash has refused to join the CBI probe despite repeated notices to appear for questioning by the central agency.
Mr. Luthra submitted that the Telangana High Court held a “mini-trial” and made comments on the merits of the prosecution case “virtually accepting” Avinash’s narrative while “disregarding the evidence collected by the CBI”, completely in contravention of the law laid down by the apex court that merits of the case cannot be discussed while hearing a bail plea.
