Jagan files statutory bail petition

Hyderabad, Nov 16, 2012: YSR Congress Party chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy filed two bail petitions in CBI special court at Nampally here today.

While one of the bail petitions is a statutory one, the second one is a normal bail application related to the charge-sheets filed against him.

Jagan Mohan Reddy filed the statutory petition seeking bail under Section 167(2) of Cr PC dealing with bail that an accused should be compulsorily granted bail 90 days after his arrest. Jagan has not filed such a statutory petition till now in any court.

Jagan’s bail petition was rejected by the Supreme Court on Oct 5 but the apex court didn’t consider the statutory provisions under section 167 (2) as the period of 90 days was not completed when the bail petition was filed by him.

In the second bail petition filed by him, Jagan Mohan Reddy said the CBI has been filing charge sheets at regular intervals just to ensure bail is denied to him.