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VIJAYAWADA
The Supreme Court connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) acceptable speech the Andhra Pradesh High Court bid nullifying 13 First Information Reports (FIRs) registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) nether the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The apex tribunal directed the accused nationalist servants to cooperate for the expeditious decision of the investigation. It directed the ACB to record last reports wrong six months and not to instrumentality immoderate coercive steps against the nationalist servants.
Further, the Supreme Court besides directed the High Court not to entertain immoderate much challenges to the FIRs oregon pending investigation.
After the State bifurcation successful 2014, the ACB and Criminal Investigation Unit of ACB was functioning from Hyderabad till 2016, aft which they were shifted to Vijayawada and functioned arsenic the constabulary stations based connected laws successful unit anterior to bifurcation.
On August 14, 2022, the State authorities issued a G.O. notifying Joint Director, CIU, ACB arsenic constabulary presumption with jurisdiction for the full State.
Prior to August 2022, the CIU, ACB registered cases against corrupt nationalist servants for amassing wealthiness disproportionate to their known root of income.
Among specified officials, Dayam Peda Ranga Rao, past Motor Vehicle Inspector, Srikakulam District, and different nationalist servants filed transgression petitions earlier the HC to quash the FIRs arsenic they were registered earlier August 14, 2022, the day of notification of CIU arsenic constabulary station.
The HC quashed the 13 FIRs involving the accused nationalist servants connected method grounds.
The ACB, Vijayawada, filed a Special Leave Petition successful the Supreme Court and elder counsel for ACB Siddarth Luthra, Advocate-on-record G. Pramodh Kumar and their squad successful coordination with the ACB and followed the Supreme Court proceedings.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court allowed the SLP and acceptable speech the HC judgment.
