HYDERABAD: Giving enormous assistance to Congress MP A Revanth Reddy, a vacation bench of the Supreme Court on Friday directed the ACB unique court in Hyderabad to not cross-examine the witnesses at the money for vote scam instance until further requests.
This could result in a grinding halt, the continuing ACB courtroom trial against the accused in the event that had been charged with the ACB having an MLC to sway him to vote in favour of a TDP nominee from the 2015 MLC elections.
A seat of justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant gave this interim management when hearing a petition filed by Revanth Reddy, a key accused in this case.
ACB grabbed him when he had been attempting to purchase separate MLC Elvis Stephenson using Rs 50 lakh money and with a guarantee of Rs crore even if he votes to the TDP MLC candidate.
Revanth was arguing that he had been aggrieved with all the actions of the trial court from asking him to cross-examine the defacto complainant Elvis Stephenson.
Considering that the primary evaluation of Stephenson was and his deposition had been listed, the trial court requested Revanththat the prime accused in the situation to cross-examine him.
Revanth was worried about doing this today.
Any loopholes surfaced at the cross-examination of this complainant will be coated by the investigation officer (IO) whose primary evaluation is yet to be performed from the crime scene.
Hence he asked the trial court defer the cross-examination until the residue of this analysis officer is listed with the crime scene.
The trial court refused it saying this can be a dilatory approach to spoil the trial.
ACB as opposed to this plea stating it is customary to capture both the depositions of the main witnesses and defacto complainants original and request the accused to cross-examine them.
Aggrieved from the trial court arrangement, Revanth approached the high court stating an evaluation officer is an integral witness and therefore he would like to watch his residue before venturing to the job of cross-examining the defacto complainant.
The IO may enhance his version after if I show my defense throughout the cross-examination of Stephenson, he explained.
The high court failed to remain the trial courtroom procedure and adjourned the case to June 18 for hearing loss.
Revanth approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay in the trial court proceeding.
The SC seat on Friday issued notices to the country, ACB, and many others requesting them to express their stance to the request of Revanth in fourteen days.
It remained the trial court procedure, the semester of cross-examination, until farther orders.
But it requested the high court that’s supposed to hear the issue on June 18 to determine on the matter on such day itself within a week from that point.
Cash-for-vote: SC Remains ACB court trial
