Telangana HC grants bail to Gali Janardhan Reddy, 3 in illegal mining case
The High Court suspended the sentence awarded by the Nampally CBI Court on May 6 and granted conditional bail to former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, his personal assistant Mefaz Ali Khan, BV Srinivas Reddy, and V D Rajagopal.
As per the High Court order, each convict must furnish two sureties of Rs 10 lakh. The court also directed Gali Janardhan Reddy to surrender his passport and barred all the accused from leaving the country.
The CBI Court had earlier sentenced all four accused to seven years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 each in connection with the 15-year-old illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company.
Additionally, Rajagopal, a former government official, received an extra four years of imprisonment and another Rs 20,000 fine due to his official misconduct.
The latest verdict of the Telangana High Court offers interim relief to the convicts as their appeals proceed.
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