Reddy handed over his resignation to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge

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Justice K Ravinder Reddy, judge of special NIA court of Hyderabad, on Monday resigned in a few hours after acquitting the five accused in the Mecca Masjid blast case, a senior judicial official said.

Reddy handed over his resignation to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge. Reddy cited personal reasons for his resignation and said it had nothing to do with today's judgement. In fact, he said, he was considering resigning for quite some time, the official told PTI.

Edited by mid-day online desk, with inputs from PTI

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