THANE, May 24 -- The Supreme Court of India has upheld the arrest of K Rajasekhar Reddy, a key accused in the Rs 3,200 crore Andhra Pradesh liquor scam.

Reddy, who served as an IT advisor to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, was taken into custody in April 2025 by the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (CID) at Hyderabad airport.

A bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan dismissed Reddy's petition challenging the legality of his arrest, stating that it did not violate constitutional protections under Article 22 or statutory requirements under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The court noted that the grounds of arrest provided to Reddy were sufficient to inform him of the r...