HC says no to quash interim RS Bharathi bail

Chennai

Justice M Nirmal Kumar was passing orders on a plea moved by Central Crime Branch (CCB), to cancel the interim bail. Elaborate arguments had prevailed with senior counsel R Shunmugasundaram appearing for Bharathi, that he had no intention to speak ill about any caste group much less the Scheduled Castes. The DMK’s organising secretary was booked for reportedly claiming that some from the Scheduled Castes became judges because of alms provided by M Karunanidhi.

State Public Prosecutor A Natarajan had submitted that the lower court had found prima facie case against Bharathi, when he was arrested and produced before the court on May 23 for remand to judicial custody. But the court while remanding till June 5, had on its own granted interim bail based on the threat perception owing to COVID-19, he said and sought to cancel the interim bail granted.

He further argued that the sessions court has gone beyond its powers to grant the interim bail when the accused person had not preferred any bail application.