Journalist Kommineni Srinivasa Rao, who was arrested and remanded in the case of conducting a debate on Sakshi TV calling Amaravati the capital of prostitutes, got a big relief in the Supreme Court. The Apex, which reprimanded Kommineni in the debate broadcast on Sakshi, suggested that he be granted bail in the lower court.
It suggested that the bail conditions be decided in the trial court itself. Kommineni applied for bail in the lower court. However, while his bail petition was pending there, he approached the Supreme Court. The bench of Justice PK Mishra, which heard the petition on Friday, granted bail and ordered his immediate release.
The Supreme Court once again advised Kommineni not to make obscene comments about Amaravati and warned him to be more careful in the future. It stated that it is granting bail subject to the conditions imposed by the lower court. The bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Manmohan clarified that the trial court will give all the conditions related to the release.
It seems that the question was asked how a 70-year-old person would be arrested? The court commented that the debates should be held in a dignified manner. In the petition filed in the Supreme Court, Kommineni mentioned that he was arrested without giving 41A notices. He mentioned that how the anchor would be responsible for the comments made by the guest on the live show?
It was explained that Kommineni has no criminal record. It was explained that Kommineni tried to control the guest as part of the discussion and did not support him.
Welcoming the Apex Court giving bail to Kommineni, YCP spokesperson Bhumana Karunakar Reddy said that the Supreme Court’s verdict on the illegal arrest of Kommineni Srinivasa Rao is a slap in the face to the coalition government. He said that the Supreme Court verdict has given a lesson to the anarchy being committed by the coalition government in the state by destroying press freedom.
He said that this verdict is like a slap in the face to the government that is trying to destroy press freedom in AP. He said that the goons and rowdy groups who attacked the Sakshi offices should be arrested immediately.
On the other hand, former minister Dr. Seediri Appalaraju said that the Supreme Court verdict that the Supreme Court verdict has made is clear that the state government did not follow the minimum norms in the arrest of Kommineni. He said that this verdict is definitely a slap in the face to the Red Book Constitution being implemented in the state.
