The case originated in a case pertaining to the arrest of a Rajasthan-based lawyer Sumer Singh Rajpurohit in 1996 by the Basankantha Police following alleged recovery of drugs from his hotel room in Palanpur.
After G. Kishan Reddy scuppered the performance that was supposed to happen at the Ramappa temple – a UNESCO World Heritage Monument in Warangal district of Telangana, it was instead held in an open ground.