The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the CBI on jailed YSR
Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's bail application in an
illegal assets case, but rejected his plea challenging his arrest.
The
Lok Sabha member from Kadapa constituency in Andhra Pradesh, who is
popularly known as Jagan was arrested by the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) May 27.
An apex court bench of Justice Aftab
Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai was hearing Jagan's plea
challenging the denial of bail by the Andhra Pradesh High Court last
month.
The high court while rejecting his bail plea expressed fears that he may influence witnesses if allowed to leave jail.
Appearing
for Jagan, senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the court that both the
high court and the trial court had ignored the principles of bail as set
out by the apex court.
He said merely because Jaganmohan Reddy
was in public life and enjoyed certain position could not be a ground
for depriving him of his liberty.
Jethmalani said that both the trial court and the high court ignored the principles while denying bail to the MP.
This is the second time that Jagan has moved the top court for bail. His bail plea filed July 9 was withdrawn July 23.
While withdrawing the earlier bail plea, Jethmalani told the court that his client would file a fresh plea with modifications.
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