Hyderabad, March 28 -- The Telangana High Court has criticized the Karimnagar judicial magistrate and local police for improperly sending an accused to judicial remand in a case where the alleged offenses carried a maximum punishment of seven years or less.

Justice K Lakshman, while granting bail to the accused, emphasized that under such circumstances, the law mandates police to issue a notice to the accused for examination rather than resorting to arrests and remands.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Yasa Anantha Reddy from Rangareddy district, who sought to quash two FIRs registered against his son, Akhilesh Reddy, by the Kothapalli and Cyberabad police.

The allegations against Akhilesh included making abusive phone calls t...