Hyderabad: A division bench of the Hyderabad High Court has allowed a petition by AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu seeking quashing of all criminal cases registered against him in various police stations in both TS and AP during the byelections in 2008.
Mr Naidu moved the petition in 2008, stating that the cases were registered against him in police stations in Vizianagaram district of AP and Adilabad, Nalgonda, Warangal, Khammam, Karimnagar, Medak , Nizamabad, Mahbubnagar and Hyderabad city in TS, alleging that he violated the election code of conduct and prohibitory orders in place during the poll campaign.
K. Ravindra Kumar, senior counsel appearing for Mr Naidu told the bench comprising Justice V. Ramasubramanian and Justice A. Shankar Narayana that most of the cases were based on the complaints from election officers and police.
The bench perused the records and found that there was no substantial ground to try the offences against the petitioner and quashed all the FIRs against Mr Naidu.
