Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh excessive court docket on Tuesday granted a four-week interim bail to Telugu Desam Party president and former chief minster N Chandrababu Naidu on well being grounds.

Naidu has been lodged within the Rajahmundry central jail since September 10, a day after he was arrested by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) within the multi-crore ability growth company rip-off and was remanded to judicial custody by the Special Court for the ACB circumstances in Vijayawada.

The excessive court docket requested Naidu to give up himself earlier than the superintendent of Rajahmundry Central Prison on or earlier than 5 pm on November 28.

In his 16-page order, which was reviewed by HT, the excessive court docket bench headed by Justice Tallapragada Mallikarjuna Rao stated in view of the well being situation of Naidu, who’s affected by particular illnesses that demand medical consideration, significantly relating to his proper eye, he’s entitled to interim bail on medical grounds for 4 weeks, beginning Tuesday.

The choose directed that the TDP chief shall furnish a bail bond for ₹1 lakh with two sureties of the like quantity to the satisfaction of the trial court docket. “He shall get himself examined and treated at a hospital of his choice at his expenses,” he stated.

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Justice Rao requested Naidu to offer the small print concerning the remedy given to him and the hospital the place he bought handled, in a sealed cowl, to the superintendent of the Rajahmundry central jail on the time of give up and the latter, in flip, shall ahead the sealed cowl intact to the trial court docket.

The choose additionally directed that the TDP chief shall in a roundabout way or not directly make any inducement, risk, or promise to any particular person acquainted with the details of the case to dissuade him from disclosing such details to the court docket or every other authority.

The excessive court docket bench deferred the listening to on Naidu’s petition for normal bail within the ability growth rip-off case till November 10.

According to a senior TDP chief, Naidu’s legal professionals would current the bail papers earlier than the Rajahmundry jail authorities within the afternoon and he’s anticipated to be launched by 4 pm.

Party sources stated preparations are being made to shift Naidu to Hyderabad in a particular flight for admission to L V Prasad Eye Hospital for a cataract surgical procedure. His son Nara Lokesh and daughter-in-law Nara Brahmani reached Rajahmundry to supervise the preparations.

Commandoes from the NSG commandoes have reached Rajahmundry to offer safety preparations for Naidu after his launch and accompany him to Hyderabad.