PATNA/HYDERABAD, Feb. 24 -- The ACJM court of Patna on Monday denied transit remand sought by an Andhra Pradesh police team for 2005-batch IPS officer M Sunil Kumar Naik. The court also denied any coercive action against him for 30 days after his dramatic early morning arrest and subsequent appearance before it.

Naik, currently posted as IG of Home Guard and fire services in Bihar, is wanted by the Andhra Police in connection with the alleged custodial torture of current assembly deputy speaker K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju in a 2021 sedition case, people familiar with the matter said.

During the hearing Naik's counsel Amit Srivastava opposed before the court of issuing transit remand. He argued that the Andhra Pradesh police failed to produ...