There were celebrations in the court premises soon after the order was read out with YSR Congress supporters and workers bursting firecrackers and exchanging sweets.
Jaganmohan's wife Bharathi and several YSR Congress leaders were present in the courtroom. Later, YSRC spokesman Ambati Rambabu expressed full faith in the judiciary and said their leader will come out clean after the trial.
Earlier, the CBI opposed Jaganmohan's bail petition contending that the Kadapa MP, if enlarged on bail, could influence the trial in the case.
Jaganmohan had moved the court for bail on September 11 on the ground that the four-month deadline set by the Supreme Court for completion of investigation by the CBI had ended on September 9.
The Supreme Court had on October 5, 2012 and on May 9 this year rejected the bail petitions of Jaganmohan, who has been lodged in the Chanchalguda Central Prison here since his arrest on May 27, 2012.
In May this year, the apex court had directed the CBI to complete its investigation and file the charge sheet(s) within four months.
Thereafter, the appellant could move the trial court, which would be “free to consider the prayer for bail independently on its merits without being influenced by dismissal of the present appeal,” the Supreme Court had said. The CBI counsel, however, had argued that “the observation of the Supreme Court pertains to completion of investigation and the petitioner (Jagan) is not automatically entitled for release on bail.”
