Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the police not to take any coercive measures against senior YSRC leader Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy while hearing his petition for anticipatory bail in a case involving an attack on the TD office. A single-judge bench headed by Justice VRK Krupa Sagar heard the plea and issued an interim order directing the police not to take any coercive actions against the petitioner until Oct. 25, scheduling the next hearing for the same
date.
Petitioner's counsel Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy argued that, based on the deposition of a co-accused in the case, the police named the petitioner as accused no. 120. He stated that, according to legal norms, no case should be registered solely based on the testimony of a co-accused. He informed the court that the petitioner was in Kadapa, located 600 km away from the alleged attack site, participating in a poll campaign in Porumamilla on the day of the incident.