Hyderabad, Aug. 8 -- The Telangana High Court issued an order granting Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy an exemption from appearing in a 2016 criminal case registered by the Osmania University Police.

The court also issued notices to the police and the complainant, directing them to file counter-affidavits related to the case.

Case filed by Osmania University police

The case was filed against Revanth Reddy, who was an MP at the time, for participating in a public meeting held at Osmania University in June 2016 without police permission.

Revanth Reddy had filed a petition in the High Court seeking to quash the case.

During the hearing before Justice K Laxman, public prosecutor Palle Nageswara Rao stated that they would file a ...