Senior IPS officer PSR Anjaneyulu, who has been in jail for more than a month, has received a big relief. PSR Anjaneyulu, who is a remand prisoner in the Vijayawada district jail in the APPSC Group-1 case, has been granted interim bail. Earlier, he was granted bail in the Bollywood actress Jethwani’s illegal arrest case, in which he was originally arrested.
PSR Anjaneyulu is suffering from high blood pressure and heart problems. The lawyers on his behalf submitted the medical reports related to this to the court. The Vijayawada First Additional Junior Civil Judge’s Court on Wednesday granted bail for 14 days. He has been undergoing treatment at the Hospital since Tuesday for fatigue and heart pain.
Earlier, he had filed a petition in the High Court for interim bail. The High Court, which rejected it, ordered that the matter be decided in the lower court. With this, lawyer Vishnu Vardhan filed a petition in the Vijayawada court on his behalf. After arguments, Magistrate Devika issued the verdict.
Granting interim bail, it was clarified in the order that he should reach the jail by 6 pm on the 26th of this month. The verdict stated that two people should give a surety of Rs. 1 lakh each.
The police arrested PSR Anjaneyulu in the case of irregularities in the evaluation of Group-1 Mains answer sheets and misuse of funds. He previously worked as the secretary of APPSC. There were allegations that irregularities had been committed in the Group 1 Mains evaluation held at that time.
PSR Anjaneyulu is the first accused in this case. With this, he was arrested and the court remanded him. However, he has approached the High Court seeking interim bail as he is suffering from health problems. The AP High Court heard his bail petition.
During the hearing, the Public Prosecutor brought to the attention of the High Court that PSR Anjaneyulu is not cooperating with the investigation. He told the court that he was showing anger towards the investigating officers while being interrogated in police custody.
He said that he was being questioned whether he was responsible for everything. He told the court that manual evaluation was conducted in a private place contrary to the rules. On the other hand, the lawyer who argued on behalf of PSR Anjaneyulu said that manual evaluation was not conducted in a private place.
He explained to the court that only the examination of the answer sheets was done to see if there were any mistakes in the digital evaluation. He said that the APPSC had decided at that time to conduct the evaluation in Highland due to the Covid situation.
