The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against CBI Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao, who was suspended by the High Court for accepting bribe from Karnataka former minister Gali Janardana Reddy for granting bail to him. The ACB also filed cases against seven others under sections (1), 13 (2), of the Anti-Corruption Act and Sections 120-(B), 420 and 417 of the IPC.
The CBI had unearthed the shady deal and placed the matter before the High Court, which handed over the case to the ACB for further action. Apart from Pattabhi Rama Rao, his son Ravi Chandra, former judge Chalapathi Rao, Karnataka MLA and Janardana Reddy’s brother Soma Sekhara Reddy, Dasaradha Rami Reddy, Karnataka MLA Suresh Babu, rowdy sheeter Yadagiri and Aditya were named accused in the case.
The allegation against them is that they gave Rs 10 crores to Pattabhi Rama Rao for securing Janardana Reddy’s bail. The Central Investigating Unit of the ACB would investigate the case.
Though Pattabhi Rama Rao was posted as the judge of CBI, a Central investigating agency, he is a State government servant and as such the High Court also felt that the case should be handed over to the ACB. After consulting legal experts, CBI has suggested to the High Court that it was a case for the ACB to handle and the High Court has issued orders accordingly.
ACB received the case file from the High Court on Friday. ACB Legal Cell has studied and prepared the case. CBI has been keeping the High Court posted of the investigation right from the beginning. (NSS)