Nagpur, May 12: Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court granted interim bail to suspended the Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) Field Director Srinivas Reddy in the suicide case of range forest officer Deepali Chavan.
In an order issued on Tuesday, Justice Manish Pitale of the high court’s Nagpur bench found no material on record implicating Reddy in the case.
Reddy, the field director of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Maharashtra, is co-accused in the case and was arrested last month.
Deepali Chavan, a woman range forest officer posted in Melghat, allegedly committed suicide by shooting herself with a service weapon due to harassment by senior officials in March 26, 2021.
Following that, Reddy had moved the high court seeking bail and quashing of the FIR registered against him.
Last week, a division bench of high court’s Justices A S Chandurkar and Pushpa Ganediwala said police can conduct a probe against Reddy in the case but shall not file a charge sheet against him till further orders.
The HC had sought replies from the prosecution by June 14 and adjourned the case for final disposal.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government placed M Srinivas Reddy under suspension after the incident.(UNI)