IPS officer N. Sanjay. File.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the anticipatory bail granted by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh to N. Sanjay, former Director General (DG) of the A.P. State Disaster Response & Fire Services, and Additional DG of the Crime Investigation Department (CID), in the case registered against him by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
He was accused of manipulating tender processes for awarding contract work of developing and maintaining the AGNI – NOC (Governance & NOC Integration) web portal and mobile app, and supplying hardware to a private company in violation of the procedures in 2023.
Mr. Sanjay was also accused of not properly monitoring the progress of AGNI-NOC portal, leading to delays and incomplete work, which caused significant damage to the project. Besides, he was charged with procuring some equipment without calling tenders.
The High Court had granted conditional anticipatory bail to Mr. Sanjay in January 2025 by noting that, being an IPS officer who worked as the DG of AP State Disaster Response & Fire Services, and Additional DG of CID, the question of his fleeing was remote, there was absolutely no flight risk as he got a fixed abode, and his health condition required continuous monitoring for recovery.
On July 31, a Division Bench of the apex court, comprising Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and S.V.N. Bhatti, set aside the bail order in response to a SLP filed by the State (for cancelling the bail), and ordered that Mr. Sanjay surrender within three weeks, while faulting the grounds on which the anticipatory bail had been sanctioned at the given stage of the proceedings.
Published – August 01, 2025 04:21 am IST
