: Justice Juvvadi Sridevi of the Telangana High Court granted anticipatory bail to a journalist allegedly accused of cheating and forgery. The judge was dealing with an anticipatory bail application filed by Bijigiri Srinivas, alleged to be involved in giving fake appointment orders for jobs in government hospitals. Counsel for the petitioner argued that his client was falsely implicated by the police and pointed out that there was a delay of nearly five years in lodging the complaint and most of the investigation was complete.
The additional public prosecutor (APP) opposed the anticipatory bail application and argued that the petitioner, along with others, had offered fake jobs to unemployed persons. The APP pointed out that the petitioner stated that he was a journalist with good connections in the medical department and overall collected almost Rs 1.4 crore on the pretext of giving jobs.
The APP also pointed out that the petitioner along with co-accused issued fake appointment letters. The judge, considering the delay in filing the chargesheet and the fact that investigation was almost complete, granted conditional bail to the petitioner. Justice Pulla Karthik of the Telangana High Court ordered notice to the principal secretary of the revenue department, chief commissioner of land administration (CCLA), Adilabad district collector and the principal accountant general (A&E), in a contempt case relating to non-payment of pension and other benefits to a 66-year-old retired a.