Former Minister KT Rama Rao Was Prima Facie 'Entrusted' With Formula E Race Funds Which Were Allegedly Misused: Telangana High Court
Live LawDismissing BRS MLA KT Rama Rao's plea for quashing an FIR over the alleged Formula-E race "scam", the Telangana High Court on Tuesday said that Rao as then Urban Development Minister was controlling the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority and thus the body's funds which were allegedly misused, were "prima facie" entrusted with him. Rejecting Rao's contention that ingredients of Section 409 IPC are not made out as there is no entrustment of public money by elected legislator's, Justice K. Lakshman in his order said, that reliance on Supreme Court's decision in Common Cause v UOI is not applicable in the present case. The high court then observed that Petitioner had allegedly abused his authority to misappropriate Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority's money. Appearing for Rao, Senior advocate Siddharth Dave while relying on the Supreme Court's decision in Common Cause v UOI, had contended that in relation to Section 409 of the IPC that there is no 'entrustment' of 'public money' in an elected legislator like the Petitioner.
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