Hyderabad

TheTelangana High Court on Thursday granted conditional bail to Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son, Bageerath, who was arrested in connection with a POCSO case registered against him.

The High Court on July 6 reserved its orders in the bail petition filed by Bageerath. The court allowed Bageerath’s plea on furnishing two sureties of Rs One lakh each and other conditions, including directing him to cooperate with the investigation. Earlier, Public Prosecutor Palle Nageshwara Rao had opposed the granting of bail to the accused and argued that he may influence the witnesses and tamper with evidence, if released on bail. The police are going to file a chargesheet, he further submitted. The petitioner’s counsel argued that Bageerath had been in judicial custody for more than 40 days and sought for granting bail. Bageerath was arrested on the night of May 16 in the POCSO case and was subsequently remanded to judicial custody. The case was registered on May 8 under relevant sections of the BNS and the POCSO Act at Petbasheerabad police station, based on a complaint lodged by the mother of a 17-year-old girl.