The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to insurgent YSR Congress MP Ok Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, who was arrested in a sedition case lodged by Andhra Pradesh Police. A trip bench of Justices Vineet Saran and B R Gavai, whereas referring to Raju’s medical report acquired from the Army hospital at Secunderabad, mentioned it can’t be dominated out that the MP was ill-treated in the custody. The apex courtroom imposed a number of bail circumstances on Raju, together with that he wouldn’t give any interview to the media with regard to the case.
On May 17, the highest courtroom had ordered forthwith switch of Raju to the Army hospital at Secunderabad in neighbouring Telangana for medical examination and hospitalization until additional orders. Raju, who’s the Lok Sabha MP from Narsapuram parliamentary constituency in Andhra Pradesh, alleged that the sedition case has been lodged towards him by state police “due to political vendetta” as he has been criticizing “the action of his own party”. While granting him bail, the bench additionally directed him to cooperate in the investigation. During the listening to performed via video-conferencing, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, showing for Raju, mentioned that the MP was tortured in custody due to which he has sustained accidents.
At the outset, the bench mentioned that report acquired from the Army hospital says that Raju has fracture in his toe. Rohatgi argued that his allegation of torture is proved by the medical report.
They are doing this to an MP, he mentioned, including, Please grant him bail and the matter of torture must be investigated by the CBI. Arguing that no case of sedition is made out towards the chief, Rohatgi mentioned that Raju is a sitting MP of the get together and he has been crucial of the state authorities and likewise the chief minister. Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, showing for the state, mentioned that Rohatgi shouldn’t make statements towards the chief minister as he isn’t a celebration in the matter.
Dave argued that Raju’s plea looking for bail must be dismissed. Referring to his statements, Dave mentioned offence of sedition of made out.
Regarding the medical report, he mentioned Raju was medically examined on May 16 and there’s X-ray report in which no damage or fracture was there. The bench was listening to two appeals, together with one by Raju, towards the Andhra Pradesh High Court order dismissing his bail and asking him to go to acceptable discussion board for the aid. In the second enchantment, his son Ok Bharath has sought Raju’s medical examination by a personal hospital.
On May 15, the CID, which arrested Raju on numerous fees, together with sedition, additionally named two media homes and “others” as accused in the case. They were charged for alleged offences under sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 505 (statements conducing public mischief) read with 120B (conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, according to the FIR.
The CID, which registered the case on its own, alleged, “Sri Raju did not restrict himself to fair criticism of the government but has made every attempt to create hatred, contempt disaffection towards the government. Not only has he done this through his words, but also used visual gestures of face and hands to provoke his followers to take up violence. They are seditious in nature.” The CID additionally alleged that the MP notably focused two communities and tried to stoke hatred towards them by making an attempt to painting that the federal government has been favouring the 2.
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