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The Telangana High Court volition instrumentality a last telephone connected Friday connected the pre-bail petition of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s lad Sai Bageerath successful a lawsuit registered nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against him.
After proceeding arguments successful the transgression petition filed by Bageerath connected Thursday, Justice T. Madhavi Devi of the HC abrogation seat adjourned the proceeding of the anticipatory bail for 1 week. The contentions of the elder counsel S. Niranjan Reddy centred astir granting interim extortion from constabulary arresting his lawsuit Bageerath successful the POCSO lawsuit earlier the seat decided upon the anticipatory bail prayer.
He contended determination was nary barroom connected granting anticipatory bail successful POCSO cases, dissimilar the Prevention of Atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act cases. “But I americium making an statement lone for interim extortion till my anticipatory bail is to beryllium considered,” the elder counsel said. According to him, the anticipatory bail plea would go infructuous if helium was not granted interim extortion successful the backdrop of constabulary readying his arrest.
As the elder counsel insisted for interim protection, the justice raised respective queries including if helium had immoderate grounds to beryllium the unfortunate was not a insignificant and what were the circumstances compelling the tribunal to assistance pre-arrest bail. “How is your lawsuit different?,” to beryllium granted interim protection, the justice said seeking to cognize however Bageerath was “different since aforesaid courtesies were not being extended to different accused and what was the urgency?”
As per the ailment lodged by the victim’s mother, the alleged narration betwixt the unfortunate and the accused started successful June past twelvemonth and the alleged offences were committed successful October and November past year, the elder counsel said. Last offence was said to person been committed connected December 31 of 2025 but the ailment was lodged connected this May 8, much than 4 months aft the transgression was committed, helium maintained.
Before and aft the alleged offences were committed, “there is simply a clump of connection betwixt the unfortunate and the accused which were precise cordial,” helium said. There were telephone calls of 8 hours and 10 hours during that play betwixt them, the elder counsel stating that helium did not privation to vilify anyone.
Advocate Pappu Nageshwar Rao, engaged by the parent of the unfortunate successful the POCSO case, said the constabulary reportedly recorded the connection of the unfortunate nether conception 183 of BNSS connected Thursday. The unfortunate explained batch of details which could not beryllium mentioned successful the archetypal ailment resulting successful the First Information Report. The victim’s connection had the imaginable to pull Section 5 of the POCSO Act which invites punishment of imprisonment of 20 years, the lawyer said. “The interim extortion is arsenic bully arsenic anticipatory bail,” helium observed.
