Hyderabad, May 14 (Maxim News): The hearing in the POCSO case registered against Bandi Bhagirath took a crucial turn in the Telangana High Court on Thursday, with the court reserved its verdict on interim bail till Friday.
The High Court also postponed the hearing on the anticipatory bail petition to next week after hearing arguments from both sides.
The case relates to allegations registered against Bhagirath at the Pet Basheerabad police station under various sections of the POCSO Act.
During the hearing, senior counsel Niranjan Reddy, appearing for Bhagirath, presented several arguments questioning the clarity of the victim’s age mentioned in police records.
He informed the court that during a 2021 driving related incident, the victim’s age was recorded as 15 years.
However, he argued that the present chargsheet filed by police also mentioned the victim’s age as 15 years, raising questions over the consistency of the investigation timeline.
Defence Questions Victim Age Details
The defence further argued that there were discrepancies in the victim’s date of birth mentioned in different official records.
According to the petitioner’s counsel, the date of birth mentioned in the police chargesheet differed from the date mentioned in the victim’s PAN card.
The defence requested the court to consider these inconsistencies while deciding the interim bail plea filed by Bhagirath.
The counsel argued that the lack of clarity regarding the victim’s age should be taken into account before denying relief to the petitioner.
After hearing the submissions, the High Court stated that it would pronounce its decision on the interim bail plea on Friday.
At the same time, the court clarified that detailed arguments in the anticipatory bail petition would continue next week.
The case has attracted significant political attention because Bhagirath is the son of Union Minister Bndi Sanjay Kumar.
Meanwhile, the investigation in the case continues under the supervision of senior police officials.(Maxim News)
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