The judge, who had submitted his resignation hours after acquitting the accused in Mecca Masjid blast case on Monday last, resumed his duties from Thursday.
The resignation of the 4th Metropolitan judge and the judge of NIA court was rejected by the Acting Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court Ramesh Ranganathan and also cancelled his leave.
The Acting Chief Justice directed the judge to return to his work and the judge resumed his duty at the Nampally court complex on Thursday.
K Ravinder Reddy had resigned after giving the verdict that the prosecution had failed in proving the charges against the five accused belonging to the various right wing Hindu groups. It had sparked off speculations and rumors that the judge was under pressure during the trial while others said that he was planning to enter politics.
NIA’S INVESTIGATING OFFICER WAS CHANGED
Meanwhile more details have emerged of how the NIA’s investigation officer of Mecca Masjid blast case was changed at a very crucial stage, just days before the verdict.
Pratibha Ambedkar, an IPS officer of 2007 batch belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who was supervising the blast case directly was suddenly transferred back to her home State. She had joined the NIA for a four year term and had still five months to complete it.
Sources said that she was transferred on the request of the UP Government and was relieved within hours of the orders. Amid the lots of allegations and criticism that the NIA had deliberately weakened the Mecca Masjid blast case, the sudden transfer of the IO has also raised a lot of questions.