Telangana CM urges Supreme Court to quash 2015 cash-for-vote FIR

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) sought the quashing of the first information report (FIR) in a 2015 cash-for-vote case, arguing in the Supreme Court that the pre-amendment version of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act had not considered the alleged offering of a bribe an offence at all.

Appearing before a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, senior advocate Siddharth Luthra argued orally that Section 12, which covered abetment of offences under the PC Act, only pertained to the bribe-taker.

It was only after large-scale amendments to the PC Act in 2018 that offering a bribe to a public servant was made an offence, and "abetment" under Section 12 included “all offences”, that is, both giving and taking bribes.

“This is a pure issue of law,” Mr. Luthra submitted.