DA case: SC dismisses Jagan's plea against his arrest

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of YSR Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy challenging his arrest in a disproportionate assets case.



Reddy had on July 23 withdrawn his bail plea, filed on July 9, challenging the high court's order rejecting his plea in the disproportionate assets case against him.


On July 9, Reddy had moved the apex court seeking bail saying CBI did not have a shred of evidence against him in the illegal assets case. He had argued that merely being wealthy or in public life does not deprive him of his right to get bail.


In his SLP before the apex court, Reddy, son of late Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhara Reddy, had contended that the high court had denied him the bail merely because of his political position. The high court had on July 4 rejected Reddy's bail plea on the ground that he had the propensity to influence witnesses.
