Pushpa-2 Stampede Case: Hyderabad Court Reserves Allu Arjun’s Bail Order, Hearing on Jan 3

Pushpa-2 Stampede Case: On Monday, a Telangana court kept reserved the order given on a bail petition put forth by actor Allu Arjun in the Pushpa 2 stampede case. After hearing arguments from either side, the verdict was kept pending until January 3. In turn, the police had also filed their counter-petition against the Telugu superstar.

Earlier this month, a woman was killed as her child was left in a serious condition after a stampede occurred at Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad. The stampede occurred during Pushpa 2: The Rule on December 4, when all had gathered at the venue to catch a glimpse of the actor and the noise turned chaotic when he waved from the sunroof of his car.

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Police then allege that Revathi's death and serious injury to her son happened as a result of the "teeming action" that he carried out. Officials also claimed that his team lacked compliance with required precautionary preventive measures even after receiving prior information about the large number of people and possible danger.

The Nampally court later handed down a 14-day judicial custody, beginning December 13, when the actor was arrested. He left prison the next day after securing interim bail from the Telangana High Court upon putting up a bond of ₹50,000. Upon a complaint made by the victim's family, Telangana Police had filed a case against the actor and his security team as well as the theatre management.

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Allu Arjun was detained

Later on that, the city police booked Allu Arjun, his security team and the theatre management under different sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Chikkadpally police station following a complaint lodged by the family of the deceased woman.

Allu Arjun was arrested on December 13 and granted interim bail the next day by the Telangana High Court for four weeks.

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