AP to contest HC order in top court

By Shariff Ameeruddin Ishaqui
Hyderabad, June 9: The state government will challenge in the Supreme Court the High Court decision to suspend two police oficers in a habeas corpus case.
A division bench of the High Court had recently directed the Kadapa and Chittoor SPs to suspend two sub-inspectors for misleading the court with the case of a missing girl.
The government decided to go for an appeal after consultation with the Advocate General C V Mohan Reddy and police top brass.
The case pertained to physiotherapy students, Ms Gayatri and Amrurh Raj ,who were said to have got married on April 30.
The bench comprising Justice L Narasimha Reddy held a special sitting on June 2 to deal with the case. But the judges were not inclined to withdraw the suspension orders slapped on the two sub-inspectors.
However, they added that the case would be closed only after getting the district judge's report. The bench had earlier ordered the district judge to conduct an enquiry into the issue.
The general practice is for that the court to close habeas corpus cases after police produces the missing persons.
The Kadapa superintedent of police Mr Mahesh Bhagwat, told this correspondent that both the sub inspectors were suspended on June 4.
It is learnt that the governmnet will now file a special leave petition in the SC after obtaning the certified copies of orders and proceedings of the High Court.