Former Andhra CM Jagan Reddy gets court relief in convoy death case | Vijayawada News

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh excessive court on Friday granted interim safety to former chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and others, directing the police to not take coercive steps, together with arrest, in relation to the case registered over the death of 1 Ch Singaiah. The excessive court requested the Advocate General to elucidate how the passengers in the automobile are answerable for an untoward incident that resulted in the death of an individual.Guntur police registered a case towards Jagan Mohan Reddy, his PA Okay Naheswara Reddy, former ministers Vidadala Rajini and Perni Venkatramaiah, and former TTD Chairman Y V Subba Reddy, charging them with culpable murder not amounting to homicide beneath part 105 of BNS, after movies surfaced suggesting Singaiah was mowed down by the automobile in which they had been travelling.Jagan Mohan Reddy and others moved the excessive court in search of to quash the case registered towards them. Arguing on behalf of the petitioners, senior counsels Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy and S Sriram submitted that the police initially declared that one other automobile was answerable for the incident in query and registered a case beneath part 106 of BNS for rash and negligent driving. However, the case was later altered to part 105, and the previous CM and others, who had been passengers in the automobile, had been included as accused. They submitted that the case is politically motivated, and the sections included in the FIR towards the petitioners don’t stand for judicial scrutiny.Considering the submissions of the petitioners, Justice Okay Srinivas Reddy requested Advocate General Dammalapati Srinivas to elucidate how the passengers in the automobile concerned in an accident could possibly be made accused. Responding to the question from the bench, Srinivas stated that the incident in query can’t be seen as every other incident of rash and negligent driving.The Advocate General stated that there was ample materials to counsel that the petitioners, regardless of having information of the incident, didn’t inform the police or take remedial measures to rescue the sufferer. Instead, they tried to cowl up by giving the impression that another automobile was concerned in the incident.Srinivas additional stated that the authorities had given restricted permission for 3 autos and 100 individuals to go to Rentapalla, however tons of of autos and hundreds of individuals gathered and carried out a rally in utter disregard of the legislation enforcement businesses. Even after the incident occurred, the petitioners didn’t hassle to name for an ambulance or inform the police however continued with the rally, he stated. Srinivas stated that each one this stuff are to be seen collectively, not in isolation. If it had been a politically motivated case, as alleged by the petitioners, the police would have registered circumstances into three different deaths that occurred on that day because of the rally. The motive for the registration of the case in query was primarily based on obtainable materials, he stated, including that the investigation continues to be at a nascent stage and sought time until Tuesday in order that he can submit all particulars pertaining to the case.Considering the submissions on either side, Justice Srinivas Reddy posted the matter for additional listening to on July 1 and directed the police to not take coercive steps until then.