HYDERABAD: After spending Monday night in jail following the court's order of judicial custody till June 11, a special court on Tuesday adjourned hearing on YSR Congress party leader and Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's bail petition to Thursday in a disproportionate assets case.
The CBI court admitted the fresh bail petition for hearing and directed the CBI to file a counter by the next hearing, IANS reported.
The court had on Monday dismissed Jagan's bail plea. He was sent to Chanchalguda Jail after being accorded special prisoner status.
The YSR Congress Party leader, in his fresh petition filed today, has sought bail on the ground that he wants to campaign for the party in the byelections.
Byelections to one Lok Sabha and 18 assembly seats are scheduled to be held June 12.
Jagan's lawyers also sought permission from the Andhra Pradesh high court to file a petition challenging his arrest. With the vacation bench granting permission, the quash petition would be filed Wednesday.
Terming his arrest as illegal, Jagan has alleged that he was arrested only to keep him away from the poll campaign.
In another development, the CBI also sought permission to file a petition seeking Jagan's custody for 14 days. The investigating agency has moved the high court after the CBI court on Monday dismissed its petition.
Jagan was arrested by CBI in a disproportionate assets case on Sunday and was lodged in a Hyderabad jail yesterday after a court remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days.
EC not to intervene
Meanwhile, the Election Commission is understood to have decided not to intervene in the matter concerning the arrest of Jaganmohan Reddy, whose mother has sought his release in view of the coming bypolls in Andhra Pradesh, according to PTI.
The three-member Election Commission met today under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi and discussed the letter from Y S Vijayalakshmi, YSR Congress honorary president, seeking a direction from the commission for her son's release.
Top sources in the EC said the commission was not in a position to do anything in this regard as the matter was sub- judice and a legal process was on.
The commission will make clear its position in a communication to Vijayalakshmi, they said.
Against this backdrop, Vijayalakshmi had written to the CEC pleading for his release so that Jagan could campaign in the June 12 bypolls to 18 assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh.
The party had also decided yesterday that she would lead the campaign in Jagan's absence.
Urging for conduct of free and fair elections, Vijayalakshmi had said, "I am writing this letter with great hope that you would kindly intervene (in the matter)...
"CBI arrested him (Jagan) on May 27, just 15 days before the by-elections...This is part of a larger conspiracy to deprive his participation in the elections with the sole objective of helping the ruling Congress candidates."
from Times Of India
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