Posani arrest: Kurnool court grants bail to actor

A day after dismissing the police custody petition, a local court in Kurnool granted bail to actor and writer Posani Murali Krishna on Tuesday. With this, Posani has been granted bail in three cases.

 The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday instructed the Visakhapatnam police not to take any coercive action against him. The High Court adjourned further hearing of the case to March 19.

It should be pointed out that Annamayya police had arrested Posani from his residence in Hyderabad on February 26 on charges of defaming Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan when they were in the opposition, through social media posts. At least 16 cases have been registered against the actor at police stations across the state.

It is worth noting that Posani Murali Krishna had previously served as Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Film, TV, and Theatre Development Corporation under the YSRCP regime.

A court in Narsaraopet also granted bail to Posani, directing him to furnish two sureties of ₹10,000 each. The Narasaraopet police had produced Posani, who was in Rajampet sub-jail, before the local court on March 3 on a PT warrant.

Posani was initially sent to Guntur jail on remand but was later shifted to Adoni sub-jail on March 5 on a PT warrant issued by the Kurnool police. The custody petition filed by the Kurnool police was dismissed by Kurnool First Additional Judicial Magistrate, Aparna.

Last week, a local court in Kadapa had granted Posani bail in a case registered at Obulavaripalle Police Station in Annamayya district.