Big relief to Naidu : Gets anticipatory bail in three cases

In a huge relief to TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, the AP High Court on Wednesday granted him anticipatory bail in three cases. Judge T Mallikarjun Rao pronounced the orders on the bail petitions regarding Amaravati Inner Ring Road, sand and liquor scam cases. The court directed him to refrain from making any comments that could influence the investigation. Former minister Kollu Ravindra and retired IAS officer Srinaresh were also granted anticipatory bail in the liquor case.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) had registered these cases against Naidu following his arrest in the Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Corporation case in September last year. After spending 52 days in jail, Naidu was released on October 31 after the high Court had granted him bail.
While he was in jail, the CID had registered two cases against him for alleged irregularities in construction of Amaravati Inner Ring Road and for allegedly favouring some liquor
companies when he was the Chief Minister from 2014 to 2019. The TDP chief had filed three separate petitions in the High Court seeking anticipatory bail. The judgments in
all the three were reserved on different dates.
Naidu was arrested on September 9 by the CID in the Skill Development Corporation case. There was an allegation against Naidu and others that they caused a loss of Rs.300 crore to the State exchequer in the name of setting up a skill development centre. Two days later, the CID booked a case against Naidu in the Amaravati Inner Ring Road case. The liquor case was registered a couple of days before Naidu was granted bail and released from jail.
Following a complaint by D Vasudeva Reddy, MD of Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited (APSBCL), the CID had registered the case against Naidu, Kollu
Ravindra, who was the excise minister and Sri Naresh, who was the Excise Commissioner.