A court on Friday granted bail to Telugu actor Allu Arjun, who was arrested in connection with an incident of stampede that took place on December 4 at Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad during the premiere of the actor’s latest film Pushpa-2. A 35-year-old woman died and her eight-year-old son was injured in the stampede.
The court directed the actor to furnish two sureties, each of which shall execute `50,000 bonds. As part of the bail conditions, the actor has to appear before the investigating officer every Sunday between 10 am and 1pm for two months or till the filing of chargesheet, whichever is earlier. “Petitioner shall not hamper the investigation in any manner nor shall directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any witness so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer,” the court said.
The petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall not make any attempts to interfere with the ongoing investigation or with the witnesses, in any manner, the court said.
The actor should not change his residential address without prior intimation to the court, till disposal of the case. He was directed not to leave the country without prior permission from the court.
The actor, arrested on December 13, was released on December 14 after the Telangana High Court granted him interim bail for four weeks, which would end on January 10.
Arjun, who was named as accused number 11 in the case, had filed the regular bail petition in court, and appeared through video conference before the court on December 27.
Following the incident, a case was registered against Arjun, his security team and the theatre management under different Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections at the Chikkadpally police station, based on a complaint lodged by the deceased woman’s family.
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