» Judge Arrested For Taking Bribe & Granting Bail In Drug Case
Judge Arrested For Taking Bribe & Granting Bail
ACB officials arrested Metropolitan Additional Sessions judge Radhakrishna Murthy for taking Rs 7 lakhs for granting bail to an accused in a drugs case.
The ACB sleuths raided the houses of Murthy and two other lawyers simultaneously. The judge was facing allegations that he took Rs 7 lakhs as a bribe for granting bail to an accused in a drugs case.
The ACB officials also filed cases against the lawyers for acting as middlemen between the judge and the accused.
The arrested lawyers - Srinivasa Rao and Satheesh Kumar - and the judge were produced before the ACB Special Court.