The special CBI court heretoday dismissed the bail application of B V Srinivasa Reddy,one of the prime accused in Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC)illegal mining case involving mining baron and formerKarnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.
The court had refused bail to him earlier too.
Janardhan Reddy and his brother-in-law and ManagingDirector of OMC Srinivasa Reddy had moved the court for baillast month. However, Janardhan Reddy later withdrew his plea.
Both are currently in judicial custody at ChanchalgudaCentral Prison here. They were arrested by CBI in September2011.
Srinivasa Reddy had sought bail on the ground thatprobe was complete and he was in jail for 17 months. Mostwitnesses were government officials and he could not influencethem (if given bail). The evidence, mostly documents, hadalready been seized by CBI, his lawyer had argued.
However, the court today refused to grant him relief.
OMC is accused of tampering with mining lease boundarymarkings and carrying out mining illegally in Bellary ReserveForest area on the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh border.