EVM damage case: High Court extends bail granted to YSRCP leader Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy by a week
The Hindu
The bail granted by the Andhra Pradesh High Court ahead of counting of votes (June 4) to then YSRCP legislator from Macherla and contestant from the same constituency Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy has been extended by a week, beginning June 6, sources in the Police Department have said, adding that the case would be heard next week.
The bail granted by the Andhra Pradesh High Court ahead of counting of votes (June 4) to then YSRCP legislator from Macherla and contestant from the same constituency Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy has been extended by a week, beginning June 6, sources in the Police Department have said, adding that the case would be heard next week.
The bail granted by the High Court was to expire on June 6.
The YSRCP leader had been charged with destroying an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at a polling station in Macherla constituency while polling was under way on May 13. He was confined to home at Narasaraopet in Palnadu district till the completion of the counting process as per the conditions of the bail order issued by the High Court court.
A video clip, purportedly of Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy breaking the EVM, had gone viral in the social media.
Later, the police filed several criminal cases against him for his alleged role in poll-related violence. They tried in vain to arrest him for his act of breaking the EMV at polling station number 202.
In fact, the police had placed Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy under house arrest even before filing FIRs against him, but he allegedly managed to abscond.
The first Asian Geriatric Oncology Society Conference, organised by Geri Care Hospital, began in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Saturday (September 28, 2024) as part of the Geri Care Geriatrics Conclave 2024, themed ‘Geriatrics Beyond the Boundaries’. This two-day event will conclude on Sunday (September 29, 2024).