supreme court upholds arrest in andhra liquor scam
New Delhi, May 25 -- The Supreme Court on Friday found no fault in the Andhra Pradesh government's action to arrest former chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy's IT adviser in the Rs.3,200-crore Andhra Pradesh liquor scam in April this year.
A bench headed by justice JB Pardiwala dismissed a petition filed by the father of Kessireddy Raja Shekhar Reddy, who is currently in jail, alleging that his son's arrest was vitiated as no proper grounds were furnished by the CID.
The petitioner referenced the Supreme Court's February ruling in Vihaan Kumar v State of Haryana, which held that arrest grounds must be meaningful enough to enable the accused to seek bail and approach the high court against illegal detention.P4...
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