New Delhi: Former Karnataka Minister and mining scam accused, Gali Janardhana Reddy, appealed before the Supreme Court today to allow him to visit his home town Bellari and relax his bail conditions since the trial has not progressed at all and at the rate at which it is progressing, it won't be completed in time.
Senior Advocate, Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Reddy contended before the court that he was arrested in 2011 and bailed out in 2015 but certain conditions were put on him including not being allowed to visit Ballari, his hometown. Rohatgi said that 10 years have passed and 10 more years will pass considering the slow pace of the trial and therefore it is very harsh to put such conditions on him.
He belongs to Ballari, he is married there, he was an MLA from there, has an ancestral home and should be allowed to go there and be with his family.