Satyam Raju's plea against custody quashes by AP High Court

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, March 13: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday quashed the petitions filed by the former Satyam CEO, Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, and his associates, challenging their CBI custody.
On March 9, the 14th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court had remanded Mr Raju and other accused for seven days CBI custody for interrogation in the multi-crore accounting fraud. Mr Raju, his brother and three other accused challenged the order in the High Court.
While dismissing the petitions, Justice K.C. Bhanu agreed that was no provision in the CrPC to grant police custody after the expiry of the first 15 days of remand period. But he added that the facts and circumstances were different in the Satyam case which was being probed by a multi-disciplinary team of the CBI.
The judge pointed out that the first remand period started from March 7, when the case was transferred from the Sixth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court to 14th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.