The Supreme Court in the case will pronounce the judgement tomorrow wherein the petition is moved by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desom Party Chief N Chandrababu Naidu seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the AP Crime Investigation Department in connection with the skill development scam case.
The bench comprising of Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Bela M Trivedi in the case observed and has reserved the judgement on October 17 last year, will deliver the verdict tomorrow at 1 PM.
The counsel, Senior Advocates Harish Salve and Siddharth Luthra appearing for Naidu’s argued before the court that the police could not have made Naiduan accused in the case without obtaining the sanction under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
On the other hand, the counsel, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi representing the State countered this argument by contending that since the offence occurred before the insertion of Section 17A in the PC Act through the 2018 amendment, the mandate of prior sanction was not applicable in the case.
In the present case, the Naidu was arrested on September 9, 2023 and remained under custody till October 31 when the Andhra Pradesh High Court granted him interim bail on medical ground.
Later, the High Court in the case observed and has granted him regular bail on November 20 wherein it is stated that there was no prima facie case made out against him.
The said court relates to the alleged embezzlement of around Rs 371 crore from the Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Corporation through fictitious companies during the TDP’s rule between 2014 and 2019.
The court observed that he being the 37th accused in a 2021 FIR related to the multi-crore scam involving the state skill development corporation.
Accordingly, the court will pronounce the judgement on January 16, 2024.