Chennai: The High Court has relaxed the anticipatory bail condition imposed on former minister Senthil Balaji and his brother Ashok Kumar in the case registered for allegedly engaging in horse-trading with a TVK MLA.
Thiruvallikeni police had arrested 14 people, including YouTuber Thirunavukkarasu, for allegedly engaging in horse-trading with Uthangarai TVK MLA Ilayaraja.
In this case, the High Court had already granted conditional anticipatory bail to former minister Senthil Balaji and his brother Ashok Kumar. Accordingly, both had been appearing at the Thiruvallikeni police station twice a day, in the morning and evening, to sign in.
In this context, the Chennai High Court Chief Justice Bench, which heard the petition filed on behalf of the arrested persons seeking to transfer the case investigation to the CBI, has issued an interim stay order restraining the Triplicane police from investigating the horse-trading case.
Following this, Senthil Balaji and Ashok Kumar had filed petitions in the High Court seeking relaxation of the anticipatory bail conditions imposed on them.
Hearing these petitions, Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan has relaxed the previously imposed anticipatory bail conditions and ordered that the police may summon them for questioning only when necessary.
Bail for two more people
In this case, the police had arrested 14 people, including YouTuber Thirunavukkarasu. While the High Court had already granted bail to several of them, Karunanidhi and Saravanan, who were arrested and are in prison, had filed petitions seeking bail. After hearing the petition, Judge G.K. Ilanthiraiyan has ordered bail for both of them.
