Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay gets bail in Hindi SSC paper leak case
Apr 06, 2023
Warangal (Telangana) [India], April 7 : Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay, who was detained by Police late at night from his residence in Karimnagar was on Thursday granted bail by a magistrate court in the Hindi SSC paper leak case, informed Advocate Shyam Sunder Reddy, Lawyer of Bandi Sanjay.
"Court has accepted our request and bail was granted to Bandi Sanjay furnishing with and sureties and Rs 20,000. Tomorrow morning after furnishing the release order, he will be released from the Karim Nagar jail", said Advocate Reddy.
"Court has made a condition that he can't leave India without permission," he added.
Earlier on Wednesday, Bandi Sanjay along with three others was sent to judicial custody till April 19 in the SSC paper leak case.
"Bandi Sanjay and 3 others have been sent to judicial custody till April 19 and will be shifted to Karimnagar jail," Advocate Karuna Sagar, lawyer of Bandi Sanjay had said.
"We will be filing a contempt proceeding against the investigative officer for violating the SC guidelines. We are planning to challenge the order in High Court tomorrow," he had added.
Bandi Sanjay Kumar was detained after midnight on Wednesday from his residence in Karimnagar ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state. Reportedly, a team of police reached the MP's residence in Karimnagar and took him into custody.
This created a tense atmosphere as Bandi Sanjay's supporters and party workers tried to stop the police.
Earlier the police registered a case against BJP leader Bandi Sanjay Kumar under sections 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 4(A), 6 T.S. Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and 66-D ITA-2000-2008 at the Kamlapur police station of Warangal district.
Responding to the arrest, the office of Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar said that the detention of Bandi Sanjay in the SSC paper leak case is "totally undemocratic" and there is a "clear-cut conspiracy" in the whole episode.
"Telangana State President Bandi Sanjay Kumar has been detained by Police late at night from his residence in Karimnagar. The Police have not yet announced officially on what grounds he was detained. There is a clear-cut conspiracy in the whole episode. The detention of Bandi Sanjay is totally undemocratic. The BRS government is gradually losing credibility among the public hence they are performing these stunts. This paper leak is out and out a failure of the BRS government," the office of Bandi Sanjay Kumar told ANI.
An official from Bandi Sanjay Kumar's office also alleged that the detention has been done to cover up the recent failures of the Telangana government regarding school and job examinations.
