Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has issued notices to the Hyderabad Commissioner of Police and the investigating officer regarding a phone-tapping case during the hearing of a bail plea filed by one of the accused, former DSP D Praneeth Rao.
Justice B Vijaysen Reddy has directed several officials, including the principal secretary of the home department and local police officers, to respond by December 23.
During the proceedings, Rao’s attorney, Uma Maheshwar Rao, argued that although a chargesheet had been filed in the lower court, the investigation was still incomplete.
He contended that once a chargesheet is submitted, the investigating officer should confirm that the investigation is concluded; however, this was not the case here. Therefore, he asserted that Praneeth Rao should be granted bail based on these grounds.
In response, government pleader Mahesh Raje responded by highlighting that the main accused in the case, T Prabhakar Rao (former chief of SIB), along with A Sravan Kumar from a local television channel, remain at large.
Raje emphasized that despite four other individuals being arrested and a chargesheet filed, the ongoing investigation meant that Rao could not claim bail simply because not all documents had been submitted by the investigating officer.
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