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Justice T. Madhavi Devi of the Telangana High Court, connected Friday, expressed superior interest implicit a “smear run successful societal media” against her implicit proceeding the bail petition of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s lad Bandi Sai Bageerath successful POCSO Act case.
The interim exertion of Mr. Bageerath, filed arsenic portion of a transgression petition, seeking pre-arrest bail was heard the erstwhile time and adjourned to Friday. As ample fig of pleas were listed connected the Bench of Justice T. Madhavi Devi, a Vacation Bench, the proceeding began astir 9 p.m. connected Friday.
As the counsels roseate to contiguous their contentions, the justice said that she wanted to explicit her interest implicit the smear run being carried retired successful societal media against her successful the backdrop of her, by virtuousness of being judge, proceeding the bail petition of Mr. Bageerath. “How galore of you are connected societal media? Have you noticed the smear campaign..?” the justice said, observing that she was pained astatine the smear run against her attributing motives to her.
She asked elder counsel S. Niranjan Reddy, the POCSO lawsuit unfortunate mother’s counsel Pappu Nageshwar Rao and Public Prosecutor Palle Nageshwar Rao if they had immoderate occupation with her proceeding the case. The justice told them that she would not hesitate to recuse herself from proceeding the lawsuit if they had an iota of objection implicit her proceeding the matter.
The victim’s counsel said helium had nary specified objection and requested her to proceed with the proceeding of the case. The PP for Home said that helium had noticed a pamphlet benignant of connection being circulated successful societal media and instantly alerted Hyderabad Police Commissioner astir the issue. The PP informed the Bench that the Commissioner had assured contiguous enactment implicit matter.
Mr. Niranjan Reddy said specified attempts to ‘browbeat judiciary’ were made earlier besides and adjacent immoderate circulated reports earlier implicit different justice recusing himself from proceeding the bail petition. The justice took a interruption for a mates of a minutes earlier opening to perceive the arguments successful the bail petitions. The arguments were successful advancement erstwhile reports past came in.
