The Hyderabad High Court on Saturday served notices on the two States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana following a habeas corpus petition pertaining to two youths A. Prudhviraj and Chandan Kumar Mishra.
A division bench of Hyderabad High Court comprising Justice Challa Kodandaram and Justice T. Rajani issued notices to the Principle Home Secretaries of the two governments to get the status of the two youngsters. The habeas corpus petition was moved during House Motion by advocate V. Raghunath on behalf of Prudhviraj’s father Dharma Raj.
Saturday being holiday for the High Court, the lawyer moved the House Motion. The Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan assigned the matter to the division bench.
“Prudhviraj was picked up from his house in Gangavaram of Krishna district in AP four days ago along with Chandan,” counsel for the petitioner Raghunath said. They were illegally detained by the A.P. police for past four days.
When asked about the official announcement of East Godavari district police that the two men were arrested on charge of conspiring to kill University of Hyderabad Vice-Chancellor, the lawyer said that didn’t wipe out the sanctity of habeas corpus petition completely. The two Governments were directed to reply on the matter by Monday.
