Hyderabad: The Charminar police have registered a case over social media posts claiming that Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay tried to “influence” Justice Tangirala Madhavi Devi for granting anticipatory bail to his son Bandi Bageerath in the POCSO case against him.
According to the complaint submitted by the Telangana High Court Registrar, BS Chiranjeevi, the alleged social media posts stated that Bandi Sanjay, in an attempt to influence the senior vacation judge, Justice Madhavi Devi, promised to get her husband appointed as the Chairman of the Bar Council of Telangana.
This “concocted news”, published in social and print media, is read by judges, advocates and the general public and risks tarnishing the image of the judiciary, the complaint stated.
Bandi Bageerath POCSO case
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case was registered against Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay’s son, Bandi Bageerath, at the Pet Basheerabad police station on May 8, following allegations made by the family of a 17-year-old girl.
According to the complainant, Bageerath made the victim consume alcohol and sexually assaulted her at a farmhouse on the outskirts of Hyderabad on two separate occasions.
Meanwhile, Bageerath filed a counter-complaint with the police in Karimnagar alleging extortion and intimidation by the girl and her parents.
He said the girl became acquainted with him and invited him to family functions and group gatherings.
Bhageerath alleged that the girl’s family later pressured him to marry her and demanded money after he refused. He claimed that he paid Rs 50,000 to the girl’s father out of fear, but the family later demanded Rs 5 crore and threatened to file false complaints if he failed to comply.
Following Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s orders, a Special Investigation Team was constituted and Kukatpally Deputy Commissioner of Police Ritiraj was deputed to head it.
On May 12, the Petbasheerabad Police altered the charges of the POCSO from harassment of a child to aggravated penetrative sexual assault.
The same day, Bageerath approached the Telangana High Court seeking an interim bail.
Hearing the case on May 15, Justice T Madhavi Devi, declined to pronounce any orders before going through the voluminous information shared by both the parties, especially the statement of the victim.
The order is expected to be pronounced by next week, either on Monday or Thursday.
On May 16, Bageerath was taken into police custody. While his father, Bandi Sanjay, claimed that Bageerath had surrendered himself, the Cyberabad Police Commissioner Ramesh Reddy said that he was arrested at Appa Junction near the Telangana Police Academy in Narsingi.
Bageerath was produced before the Medchal court, which remanded him to 14 days of judicial custody till May 29. He was then sent to the Cherlapally Central Prison.
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