Relief for YSRCP’s Ex MLA Pinnelli

Minor relief for the YSR Congress Party's former MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy. The High Court extended the interim anticipatory bail it has granted in favour of Pinnelli. The High Court ordered to not make any arrests. It directed the police department to not make Pinnelli's arrest for a week. The court said it will investigate the matter to a later date.

Earlier, the rumours were rife that Pinnelli would be arrested on Thursday. He is accused of destroying an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a polling station in his Macharla constituency while polling was underway on May 13.

Following a petition filed by Pinnelli, the Andhra Pradesh High Court had granted interim anticipatory bail to him. The court had given Pinnelli protection from arrest so he could oversee the counting process.  As the interim anticipatory bail expired today, he applied for the extension and got the extension from the court.

Pinnelli’s petition sought the transfer of investigating officers handling cases registered against him during the elections. 

He was booked by police under Sections 143, 147, 448, 427, 353, 452 and 120 (B) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Sections 131 and 135 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act, 1984.
 

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