The Telangana high court on Friday refused to take an urgent decision on whether to grant or reject anticipatory bail to YSR Congress party MP from Kadapa Y S Avinash Reddy in the former MP Y S Vivekananda Reddy murder case.
The high court refused to hear the arguments urgently and asked both the petitioner and the Central Bureau of India (CBI), which is probing the murder case, not to bring any pressure on the court.
Even if the court completes the hearing, it would not be possible to give the judgement, because of the commencement of summer vacations for the court from Saturday. It said the judgement would be given only after the summer vacation.
However, Viveka’s daughter Narreddy Sunitha Reddy and also Avinash Reddy’s counsel brought to the notice of the court that it would not be appropriate to keep the judgement on a bail petition pending for such a long time.
The bench said if they thought it was so urgent, the petitioners and respondents could approach the vacation bench after mentioning before the chief justice bench for urgency.
The CBI counsel asked the court whether the agency could go ahead with its investigation including questioning of Avinash Reddy.
The high court said since the Supreme Court had given the directions to the CBI, it could go ahead with its job and the high court would not like to interfere in the same.
So, the high court gave clear indications to the CBI that it could as well arrest Avinash Reddy, as the Supreme Court opposed granting of anticipatory bail to him. The case has now been posted to June 5 for further hearing.