YS Vivekananda Reddy Murder | Supreme Court Dismisses Daughter's Pleas Challenging Bail To Accused & Seeking Further CBI Probe

The Supreme Court today dismissed a batch of pleas filed by Dr. Suneetha Narreddy, daughter of former MP YS Vivekananda Reddy, seeking a direction for further investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into his murder and challenging the grant of anticipatory bail to YSR Congress Party MP YS Avinash Reddy as well as bail to other accused.

A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh dismissed the petitions after the CBI submitted that a supplementary charge sheet had been filed on Tuesday and no further investigation was desirable.

“Learned ASG appearing for CBI submitted that a third supplementary charge sheet has already been filed yesterday. In light of this we are not inclined to interfere”, the Court stated.

Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra submitted that the petitioner has additional relevant material that the CBI has not considered. The Court granted the petitioner liberty to approach the appropriate forum with her grievance.

The Court further directed the trial court to complete proceedings under section 207 CrPC (supply of charge sheet, FIR, witness statements, and other relevant documents to the accused) within 4 weeks. The Court also requested the trial court to expedite the trial.

Suneetha Narreddy had approached the Supreme Court seeking deeper investigation into alleged larger conspiracy behind her father's killing and challenging of bail granted to several accused, including anticipatory bail to Avinash Reddy.

YS Vivekananda Reddy, a member of the Indian National Congress and brother of the late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, was found murdered at his residence in Pulivendula in Kadapa district, in 2019.

The case was initially probed by a special investigation team (SIT) of the state crime investigation department, but was handed over in July 2020 to the Central Bureau of Investigation, which filed a charge sheet in October 2021 and a supplementary charge sheet in January 2022.

In November 2022, the apex court directed the trial of Vivekananda Reddy's murder to be transferred from Andhra Pradesh to a special CBI court in Hyderabad, noting that the apprehensions raised by his wife and daughter regarding derailment of a fair trial were reasonable.

The Telangana High Court granted anticipatory bail to YS Avinash Reddy observing that no direct evidence was available to prove his participation in a larger conspiracy.

Case no. – SLP (Crl) No. 7449/2023

Case Title – Suneetha Narreddy v. YS Avinash Reddy & Anr.