TDP chief and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu got a big relief from the Supreme Court on the petition filed by the AP State Government challenging the bail given to him by the AP High Court in the Silk Development Case.
It may be recalled that the AP CID arrested him last year in a Skill Development Scam case. After spending 52 days in jail, he was released by AP High Court on Interim Bail. Later the bail was changed into regular bail. However, the state government challenged this bail in the Supreme Court and filed a petition requesting to cancel this bail.
Meanwhile, Chandrababu Naidu filed a quash petition in the Supreme Court, under Section 17A stating that he cannot be arrested without prior permission of the superior authority. In this case as the Supreme Court had given a split verdict, the case was forwarded to a larger bench. The court is yet to begin its trail in this case.
In this context, the Supreme Court Bench considered that after the completion of the trial in the Supreme Court on the Quash Petition filed under Section 17A, a decision should be taken on the cancellation of his bail.
With this, a decision was taken postponing the hearing on Chandrababu’s bail cancellation petition for 10 weeks. The Supreme Court bench said that it will hear other arguments on this issue only later as it is summer vacation.
The CID lawyer also said that he will mention this petition before the Supreme Court after the summer vacation. This decision of the Apex court turned out to be a great relief to the TDP chief during the election period. The Supreme Court may not be able to take up this issue till a larger bench delivers its verdict.
