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Justice T. Madhavi Devi of the Telangana High Court connected Thursday dismissed the transgression petition filed by Bandi Sai Bageerath, lad of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, seeking anticipatory bail successful a lawsuit registered against him nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The abrogation seat justice dismissed the plea arsenic the petitioner’s counsel filed an exertion to retreat it stating the petition became infructuous since his lawsuit was already arrested by the constabulary successful the case. As the accused/petitioner was remanded successful judicial custody for 14 days, the transgression petition, with an interlocutory exertion seeking pre-arrest bail, seeking anticipatory bail became infructuous. .
On May 8, a insignificant girl’s parent approached the Petbasheerabad constabulary of Cyberabad Commissionerate successful the State superior accusing the Union Minister’s lad of making intersexual advances towards her girl and sexually harassing the minor. Based connected this complaint, the constabulary issued a First Information Report against Sai Bageerath invoking sections 74 (assault oregon usage of transgression unit connected a pistillate with the intent to outrage her modesty) and 75 (sexual harassment) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
They besides invoked sections 11 (sexual harassment) work with 12 (punishment for intersexual harassment) of the POCSO Act against the Minister’s 23-year-old son. After signaling the victim’s statement, the investigators altered the sections of instrumentality to 5 (l) work with the 6 of the POCSO Act. After a announcement was issued to the maternal uncle of the accused, constabulary received intimation from Bageerath that helium would look earlier them connected May 15.
However, helium did not crook up earlier the investigators but filed a transgression petition successful the HC seeking anticipatory bail. As portion of the plea, helium filed an IA seeking pre-arrest bail. The abrogation seat of Justice Madhavi Devi heard the arguments successful the lawsuit for 2 consecutive days connected May 14 and 15 and reserved orders portion declining to assistance pre-arrest bail.
Meanwhile, Sai Bageerath was arrested by the constabulary adjacent APPA junction connected occidental outskirts of Hyderabad connected the nighttime of May 16. He was presented earlier the section magistrate acrophobic and remanded successful judicial custody. Meanwhile, his counsel filed an exertion for withdrawal of the petition. The justice dismissed the plea arsenic the counsel withdrew it connected Thursday.
