The impending arrest of Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president K T Rama Rao in the alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of Formula-E race has been postponed again, thanks to the reprieve from the Telangana high court.
The high court on Tuesday reserved its judgement on the quash petition filed by KTR challenging the FIR filed against him by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in the Formula-E race scandal.
Justice N V Shravan Kumar, who heard the arguments on the petition, extended the interim orders directing that the police should not arrest KTR until the verdict is delivered.
The judge concluded the hearing on the quash petition filed by KTR seeking the dismissal of the case registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) regarding the Formula E race issue.
The ACB filed the FIR under Section 409 (criminal breach of trust) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy), besides Section 13(1)(a) of Prevention of Corruption Act.
Earlier, the high court refused to quash the FIR filed against KTR by the ACB and clarified that the agency could go ahead with the investigation into the case. As per the directions of the court, the ACB filed a counter-affidavit on December 27.