The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to the former Intelligence chief A.B. Venkateswara Rao .
The Anti-Corruption Bureau department has registered a case against Rao in connection with the alleged irregularities over the procurement of defence equipment.
A Petition was filed in the High Court to stop the government from arresting him. The court granted anticipatory bail.
AB Venkateswara Rao, former chief of Andhra Pradesh Intelligence and senior IPS officer, has been suspended and the particular issue was pending in the Apex Court. He filed a petition challenging the extension of the suspension for more than a year.
The apex court has questioned whether suspension was the only option in the case or whether he could be posted elsewhere and opined that it would be better to take action after the allegations have been substantiated as it does not make sense to impose a suspension on an accused.
In the Supreme Court, Advocate Adinarayana Rao appeared on behalf of AB Venkateswara Rao and Senior advocate Chandra Uday Singh on behalf of the Andhra Pradesh government.