Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held a hearing on a petition for grant of anticipatory bail, filed by the Bihar cadre senior IPS officer Sunil Kumar Naik, and posted the next hearing to March 12.
A single judge bench of Justice Venkata Jyotirmai Pratapa heard the petition here on Monday, seeking grant of pre-arrest bail in the case of custodial torture of former MP and Assembly Deputy Speaker Raghurama Krishna Raju.
Raju was booked by the Nagarampalem police in Guntur in 2024.
The court extended the earlier orders with regard to his cooperation with the ongoing inquiry. It asked him to appear before the investigation officer.
Petitioner’s counsel Ashwani Kumar argued that his client’s name was initially not included in the FIR, but was added after a change of the government, and that this was done with political reasons. He ruled out any link for the petitioner in the arrest, custody and torture of the former MP.
Senior counsel Sidddartha Agarwal appearing for police argued that Sunil Naik was already arrested in Patna and his plea for anticipatory bail had no maintainability except for the filing of a petition seeking regular bail.
After hearing both the parties, the court adjourned the case.
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