Yesterday, the Supreme Court directs YSR Congress MP’s son to surrender on June 12

The vacation bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal noted that the HC had granted interim relief to the accused “mainly for the purpose of looking after his maternal grandmother, who is undergoing treatment at Apollo Speciality Hospital, Nellore”.Hearing an appeal by the Enforcement Directorate challenging the HC order,

“Having considered the respective submissions and also on going through the medical documents of the maternal grandmother of the respondent, which forms part of the paper-book of this appeal, in our view, the purpose for which the respondent has been released on interim bail would be served if he is required to surrender on June 12, 2023.”

“We, accordingly, modify the order impugned in this appeal, directing the interim bail granted to the respondent to continue till June 12, 2023,” the court ordered.

The ED had challenged the June 7 order of the HC and said that the argument of the accused that he wanted to take care of his maternal grandmother “is a ploy… to stay out of correctional home as his regular bail stands rejected by the special court and his other application to obtain interim bail on account of certain condition of his wife was withdrawn”.

Additional Solicitor General S V Raju said "there are other relatives to look after the ailing lady of advanced stage and in any event she is being treated at the ICU, where entry of visitors is strictly regulated”.