Orders on anticipatory bail plea of journalist reserved

HYDERABAD: Justice G Radha Rani of the Telangana High Court on Thursday reserved her decision on the anticipatory bail petition filed by journalist and political analyst Aruvela Shravan Kumar Rao who is A-6 in the high-profile phone-tapping case.

During the hearings, Public Prosecutor Palle Nageshwar Rao strongly opposed the anticipatory bail plea, arguing that Sravan fled the country after the case was registered. However, Sravan’s counsel, Pappu Nageshwar Rao, refuted the charges, stating that the petitioner left for the USA out of fear of arrest but was not absconding and was readily accessible.