Hyderabad High Court rejects resignation of NIA Judge who resigned after Mecca Masjid blast case verdict
New Delhi, Apr 19 (IBNS) : K Ravinder Reddy, the special judge for NIA cases, who had tendered his resignation on Monday hours after he acquitted all the accused in the Mecca Masjid bomb blast case, resumed duty on Thursday after the High Court rejected his resignation, media reports said.
Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan not only declined Reddy’s resignation but also cancelled the 15-day leave the judge had sought. Ranganathan asked Reddy to report to work immediately.
Reddy, the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, had put in his papers soon after he delivered the verdict in the 17th century Mecca Masjid bomb blast case in Hyderabad in which he acquitted all the four accused, including Hindutva preacher Swami Aseemananda and four others.
Eight people were killed and 58 injured in the blast.
In a letter to the metropolitan sessions judge and the chief justice of the high court, Reddy said he was resigning owing to personal reasons.
The judge had pronounced the judgement for acquittal, holding that the prosecution failed to prove “even a single allegation” against the accused.
Apart from Aseemanand, those acquitted are -- Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar alias Bharat Bhai and Rajendra Chowdhary.
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