SC grants bail to veteran actor, ex-MP Mohan Babu in journalist assault case
The Supreme Court docket on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to veteran Telugu movie actor and former Rajya Sabha member Manchu Mohan Babu in a case associated to an try and homicide on a tv journalist in Hyderabad on the evening of December 10 final yr, folks aware of the matter stated.
A division bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, which heard a particular depart petition filed by Mohan Babu difficult the state excessive courtroom order of December 23, which denied him anticipatory bail within the case.
In the course of the listening to, Mohan Babu’s counsel argued that the assault on the journalist was not intentional and it occurred in a state of commotion at his residence. He submitted that the actor would cooperate with the police investigation and that the journalist could be compensated.
The lawyer additionally delivered to the discover of the bench that Mohan Babu is a Padma Shri awardee, a former member of Parliament and that he runs a college. Following these submissions, the bench granted anticipatory bail to the actor whereas directing him to cooperate with the continuing probe.
On December 11, the Pahadishareef police on the outskirts of Hyderabad booked a prison case in opposition to Mohan Babu for allegedly assaulting a 35-year-old journalist of a vernacular tv channel at his residence at Jalpally village in Rangareddy district.
The incident occurred when the journalist, M Ranjith, together with different journalists of different tv channels had gone to the residence of Mohan Babu to cowl an ongoing dispute between him and his youthful son, Manchu Manoj.
When the reporters had been questioning Mohan Babu in regards to the dispute, he turned agitated. He seized the microphone from Ranjith and hit him onerous with the metal pipe and metallic brand of the channel on his head, leading to a heavy bleeding.
Based mostly on the grievance, the Pahadishareef police registered a case in opposition to Mohan Babu beneath Part 118 (1) (voluntarily inflicting damage utilizing harmful weapons or substances) of the BNS. Subsequent day, police modified the sections to try to homicide.
The actor moved the excessive courtroom in search of anticipatory bail, however a excessive courtroom bench headed by Justice Vijay Sen Reddy on December 23 denied him the identical. He instantly moved the Supreme Court docket, which on January 9, granted him interim aid and directed police to chorus from taking any coercive actions, till additional orders.
