Paper leak case: Temporary reprieve for Narayana
The chittoor Sessions court received instructions from the top court to hear the case again and render a decision. Recall that on november 30, a local magistrate court had released Narayana on bail, which the chittoor Sessions court revoked. He was ordered to appear before the sessions court right away. Narayana, however, contested this before the high court, which on tuesday overturned the sessions court's decisions and ordered it to conduct a new trial after considering the arguments from both sides.
Ponnavolu sudhakar Reddy, the state's additional attorney general, said the high court that it was improper to release Narayana on bail because he had jeopardised the lives of numerous pupils by causing the question paper leak. He said that by providing bail and rejecting the remand to Narayana, who turned to a serious crime, the magistrate court made a serious error. He emphasised that "the magistrate court overstepped its bounds and held a little trial."