Transfer ED case to CBI court: Telangana high court

HYDERABAD: Telangana high court on Wednesday directed the Hyderabad metropolitan sessions judge court to transfer the 2016 Enforcement Directorate (ED) case on Hetero and Aurobindo pharma companies in the quid pro quo case to the CBI principal special judge-cum-ED court in Hyderabad.
Justice Shameem Akther gave this direction after hearing a plea filed by Jagathi Publications which sought the transfer on the grounds that all related cases were heard by CBI-cum-ED court.In another case filed by Bharati Cements opposing ED’s plea to conduct its trial first, Bharati Cements counsel Gyanendra Kumar said that a simultaneous probe would meet the ends of justice.
“ED’s first approach would violate section 300(1) of CrPC which clearly prohibits a second trial in the same case,” he said. “You cannot try a person twice for the same offence. There should be a harmonious construction between Prevention of Money Laundering Act and CrPC,” he said. In the cash-for-vote case, MLA Sandra Venkata Veeraiah filed a petition challenging the ACB court decision not to discharge him from the case. The case was posted to Thursday.