Hyderabad: The Metropolitan Sessions Judge Bhavani Prasad today (Jun 10, 2004) rejected the bail petition of Telugu cine actor Balakrishna, who was remanded to judicial custody for allegedly opening fire at two persons, including film producer B Suresh, on Thursday (Jun 3, 2004).

Balakrishna, who is now undergoing treatment at NIMS Hospital, had filed a petition seeking bail.

The actor was admitted to the hospital following an instruction by the court on Monday (Jun 7, 2004).

After hearing arguments of defence lawyer C Padmanabh Reddy and public prosecutor Ravinder Reddy, the judge dismissed the bail petition of the actor.

Meanwhile, in a new turn to the shooting incident involving Telugu film star N Balakrishna, one of the victim today said the actor did not open fire at them.

Satyanarayan Chowdhary, who is recuperating in Apollo hospital following a bullet injury in the firing opened by the actor on June three, today told reporters from his bed in the hospital that his family has good relations with Balakrishna and the actor did not open fire at them.

Chowdhary is still undergoing treatment in ICU.

The judgement on bail petition of the actor is yet to be delivered as metropolitan session judge Bhavani Prasad heard the argument of defence lawyer C Padmanabh Reddy and public prosecutor Ravinder Reddy this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the police slapped a notice on Balakrishna's brother Ramakrishna, who was said to be present in the actor's house on the day of incident allegedly for helping to wipe out evidence about the firing. The actor's wife Vasundhara, who is a co-accused in the conspiracy to eliminate evidence in the shooting episode and now facing section 201 of IPC, is yet to be questioned, police sources said.

A team of psychiatrists led by Prof B Anand yesterday examined Balakrishna at NIMS hospital where the actor was admitted on the instruction of the judge who remanded him to judicial custody for two-weeks.

The psychiatrists of Government Mental hospital stated that the actor was still in deep "mental depression" and he should be under round the clock observation for at least ten days.