A CBI court in Hyderabad today deferred the hearing on the bail petition of mining baron and Karnataka former minister Gali Janardhan Reddy on Friday. Similarly, the CBI’s petition seeking 15-day custody of Janardhan reddy was also posted to Friday.

Janardhan Reddy, along with Obulapuram Mining Company Managing Director Mr Srinivas Reddy have been put up in Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad after they were arrested by CBI in Bellary on the 5th of this month.