"quash-petition"

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday criticised the State Prosecution Department for delays in filing counters in bail matters, warning that such delays could affect citizens’ liberty. Justice J. Srinivas Rao held that interim bail is permissible under Section 483 of BNSS and directed the trial court to reconsider a plea dismissed mechanically.

Citing a potential conflict of interest, Justice K Lakshman directs HC Registry to place the petition before the Chief Justice for assigning it to another bench

Counsel highlighted that the State and the complainant are working hand in glove, while the police are filing multiple FIRs to keep as reserve FIRs to arrest the petitioner in one or the other case

The petitioners sought to nullify summons issued by district court in connection with alleged irregularities in the construction of Medigadda barrage

K Veera Raghava Reddy, in his petition, said that the FIR was filed with an ulterior motive and as such there was a delay in filing

The petitioner contended that the case was registered just by relying on the statements of Gadhagoni Chakradhar recorded in the case

Earlier, senior advocate Siddhartha Dave, appearing for Rama Rao, argued that there was no evidence of any misappropriation of funds in the case