Overview
- A special POCSO court in Malkajgiri granted short interim bail on Saturday, June 20, to Bandi Sanjay’s son Bageerath so he could appear for university examinations and return to custody after the tests.
- The case was first registered at Petbasheerabad police station on May 8 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and related provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Cyberabad Police arrested Bageerath in mid-May and a magistrate remanded him to judicial custody, where he has been lodged at Cherlapally Central Prison while the probe continues.
- The FIR records the mother of a 17-year-old alleging sexual harassment and assault by the accused and police say they invoked additional POCSO and BNS sections after recording the girl’s statement.
- Bageerath has denied the charges and filed a counter-complaint alleging extortion and threats by the girl’s family, and the case’s political sensitivity has intensified public scrutiny as investigators and courts move the matter forward.