Judge who quit after Mecca Masjid verdict, arrives at BJP office Ravinder Reddy , who recently retired as Hyderabad (Nampally) IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, is keen to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But, the party seems to be in a dilemma on welcoming him. Though he came fully prepared for induction, BJP senior leader and former Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya’s office asked him to wait for a couple of days till there is a word from party chief Amit Shah.“I like BJP because is it a patriotic party, with no family rule. It is a party committed to the national integration and to check the anti-nationals,” he said expressing his willingness to wait for proper induction. He wants to contest from Husnabad in Karimnagar constituency or anywhere in Hyderabad or Medak, by virtue of his acquaintance with these areas.Ravinder Reddy got in touch with Bandaru Dattatreya early this month and met Amit Shah when he came to the city last week. Shah welcomed his decision to join the BJP. “The BJP leaders told me that intellectuals like me would strengthen the party further and attract more such intellectuals,” Ravinder Reddy told the local media revealing that the leaders had asked him to come on September 20 for formal induction.However, a senior BJP leader told Mirror that the muhurat for Reddy’s induction into the party was not yet fixed. “Everybody including party state president Dr K Lakshman needs to be consulted for his induction,” the leader said.Ravinder Reddy took everybody by surprise by resigning minutes after delivering judgment in the sensational Mecca Masjid bomb blasts case of May 2007. The High Court, however, rejected his resignation. He retired a little later.In his April 19 judgment in Mecca blasts case (that killed nine and injured 58), Ravinder Reddy acquitted all the accused, including Swami Aseemanand alias Naba Kumar Sarkar, Lokesh Sharma, Devender Gupta, Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar (Bharat Bhai) and Rajendra Chowdhary, on grounds that the prosecution could not prove any of its charges against them.Reddy’s resignation remained a mystery as an advocate filed a complaint with the High Court chief justice that Reddy had extended undue favour to an accused in a land documents forgery case, by granting him anticipatory bail. The advocate mentioned his complaint, "The curiosity shown by the learned judge (Ravinder Reddy) in taking up the bail petition on a war-footing, itself is sufficient to arrive at a conclusion that he was eager and highly interested to dispose of it, for reasons best known to him." The complainant also pointed out that the judge was only in charge of the court for two days, during which he granted bail without referring to the counter filed by the prosecution or passing on the matter to the discretion of the regular judge on his return from leave.As president of Telangana Junior Judges Association, Reddy played active role in the separate Telangana movement till 2014.