In a big relief to Tollywood superstar Allu Arjun, the Nampally criminal courts in Hyderabad on Friday granted regular bail to him in connection with the Sandhya Theatre stampede case on December 4, which resulted in the death of a 35-year-old woman during the screening of his film Pushpa-2: The Rule.
Allu Arjun, who is an accused No. 11 (A-11) in the case, filed a petition in the Nampally court on December 27 seeking regular bail.
He appeared before the court via video conference mode. On December 30, the public prosecutor filed a counter-affidavit leading to arguments in the court.
Allu Arjun's lawyer Niranjan Reddy told the court that Allu Arjun has no connection with the Sandhya Theater stampede incident.
He clarified that the BNS Section 105 registered by the police in connection with Revathi's death is not applicable against him.
In the wake of the high court having already granted interim bail for four weeks, he has requested to be granted regular bail.
On December 24, the Hyderabad police questioned Allu Arjun for nearly four hours in connection with the Sandhya Theatre stampede case.
A team of top police officials comprising Hyderabad deputy commissioner of police (central zone) Akshansh Yadav, Chikkadpally assistant commissioner of police Ramesh Kumar and senior inspector Raju Yadav grilled the actor.
The police posed around 20 questions to elicit the information with regard to the incident, but the actor remained silent to most of the questions.
Recently, Allu Arjun and the makers of Pushpa 2 announced a compensation of Rs 2 crore to the family of the child. While Rs 1 crore was given by Allu Arjun, Mythri Movies and director Sukumar gave Rs 50 lakh each.
The compensation was handed over to the family by film producer and chairperson of the Telangana Film Development Corporation, Dil Raju.
