Nara Chandrababu Naidu vs State of Andhra Pradesh

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2024 Supreme(SC) 38

ANIRUDDHA BOSE, BELA M. TRIVEDI
Nara Chandrababu Naidu – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Harish N Salve, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dammalapati Srinivas, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar Dubey, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Mr. Kumar Vaibhaw, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Anmol Kheta, Adv. Mr. Ayush Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishwajeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Ayush Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Ashaab, Adv. Ms. Somaya Gupta, Adv. Ms. Aditi, Adv. Mr. Satyam Sharma, Adv.
For the Respondent(s):Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr.Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Santosh Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Kv Girish Chowdary, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Deepshikha Sansanwal, Adv. Mr. T Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Mr. Meeran Maqbool, Adv. Ms. Archita Nigam, Adv. Petitioner-in-person, AOR

JUDGMENT :

ANIRUDDHA BOSE, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The appellant is aggrieved by initiation of a criminal proceeding against him and his detention in connection with the same by the respondent State through its CID. Allegations have been made against him for commission of offences under Sections 166, 167, 418, 420, 465, 468, 471, 409, 209 and 109 read with Sections 120B, 34 and 37 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 12 and 13(2) read with Sections 13(1)(c) and (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The said offences are alleged to have been committed between the years 2015 and 2019, during which period he was the Chief Minister of the State of Andhra Pradesh. Initially, a First Information Report dated 09.12.2021 was lodged with CID Police Station, Andhra Pradesh, Mangalagiri implicating twenty-six persons as accused. On that basis, CR No. 29/2021 was registered. The appellant was not included in the array of accused persons in that F.I.R. The offences primarily relate to siphoning of public funds and I shall refer broadly to the allegations forming the basis of the F.I.R. in the succeeding paragraphs of this judgment. The list of accused persons was subsequently expand

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2024 Supreme(SC) 38

ANIRUDDHA BOSE, BELA M. TRIVEDINara Chandrababu Naidu – AppellantVersusState of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent

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ANIRUDDHA BOSE, BELA M. TRIVEDI
Nara Chandrababu Naidu – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent