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T’gana HC stays SIT notices served on B L Santhosh
Senior counsel Prakash Reddy, appearing on behalf of Santhosh, told reporters that the high court granted stay, acting on a petition filed by him to quash the case, challenging the notice issued to him on November 23.
The Telangana high court on Friday granted a stay on the notices served on Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh in connection with the case of alleged attempt to poach the four TRS MLAs into the BJP.
The notices were served under Section 41-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the state police.
Senior counsel Prakash Reddy, appearing on behalf of Santhosh, told reporters that the high court granted stay, acting on a petition filed by him to quash the case, challenging the notice issued to him on November 23.
The stay would be in force till December 5, when the high court takes up the hearing again. The court felt that the requirements under the Section 41-A CrPC issued by the SIT were not satisfactory.
Santosh argued that the notice did not mention on what grounds he was being summoned. “The court stayed the notice, citing lack of essential ingredients, pointing out that a notice under Section 41-A would have to state on what evidence or suspicion or what grounds the person was being summoned. The SIT did not mention any of these in the notice,” Reddy said.
