ACB Court to pronounce judgement today in Naidu’s house detention plea

The Anti-Corruption Bureau court reserved its judgement on the petition filed by laywers of former Chief Minister and TDP president Chandrababu Naidu for a day.The court will pronounce its judgement on Tuesday, september 12.

Supreme Court lawyer Sidharth Luthra sought house remand for Naidu urging the court to consider the threat perception, as a survivor of an attempt on his life at Alipiri in 2003.However, Additional Advocate General Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy, representing the state government, argued that the AP CID was opposing house remand to Naidu and ruled out any provision for house remand under the CrPC.

Reddy submitted that Naidu was healthy and that it was safe for him to stay in prison, claiming security cover was enhanced by strengthening electronic vigilance through CCTV cameras.He ruled out any security threat to Naidu and said that a team of doctors was made available round-the-clock to take care of Naidu’s health needs.

Meanwhile, the Director General of Police sent a letter to the ACB court to issue directions to provide adequate protection to Naidu.Later, Naidu’s counsel filed a petition in the court seeking direction to the state government to permit verification of documents pertaining to the AP Skill Development Corporation scam in the wake of the AP CID presenting a 28-page remand report.

After hearing both parties, the ACB special court judge expressed concern over the number of petitions already filed before the completion of the hearing on one petition.The judge advised them to file the petitions early and deferred the pronouncement of judgment in the current case to Tuesday.