Vivekananda Reddy murder case | SC agrees to hear plea to cancel Avinash Reddy’s pre-arrest bail on June 13

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on June 13 an appeal against the Telangana High Court decision to grant anticipatory bail to Lok Sabha MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy in connection with the murder of former Andhra Pradesh Minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy

The Supreme Court on June 9 agreed to hear on June 13 an appeal against the Telangana High Court decision to grant anticipatory bail to Lok Sabha MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy in connection with the murder of former Andhra Pradesh Minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy in 2019.

Appearing before a Vacation Bench led by Justice Aniruddha Bose, senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Suneetha Narreddy, the daughter of Vivekananda Reddy, said Avinash has refused to join the CBI probe despite repeated notices to appear for questioning by the central agency.

Mr. Luthra submitted that the Telangana High Court held a “mini-trial” and made comments on the merits of the prosecution case “virtually accepting” Avinash’s narrative while “disregarding the evidence collected by the CBI”, completely in contravention of the law laid down by the apex court that merits of the case cannot be discussed while hearing a bail plea.

“We want the anticipatory bail to be dismissed,” Mr. Luthra submitted.

The petition said the “CBI wanted to arrest him, however, they were unable to do so and were obstructed by him and his large number of his supporters/goons who had camped outside the hospital, where he took shelter to avoid arrest on the pretext of his mother’s alleged health issues”.

The petition said Avinash along with other accused had destroyed the scene of offence in the presence of the State Police and had propagated the story that the deceased had died due to a heart attack.

Mr. Luthra said the crime was “cold-blooded murder”.