YS Sharmila said in a statement that he acted in self-defense.
Hyderabad:
A local court on Tuesday granted bail to YSR Telangana Party president YS Sharmila, a day after she was arrested by the police in Hyderabad.
Ms Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, was produced before the court on Monday following her arrest, which sent her to judicial custody till May 8 and lodged her in jail.
Ms Sharmila had also filed a bail application which was posted for Tuesday after the court issued notice to the police.
After hearing the arguments and counter-arguments, the court today granted conditional bail on a surety of Rs 30,000 and two sureties. He was directed not to leave the country without the permission of the court and to cooperate with the investigation.
The court also directed him not to repeat such offense in future. Ms. Sharmila was later released from jail.
Based on the police personnel’s complaint, a case was registered against Ms. Sharmila accusing her of assaulting a sub-inspector, running her vehicle over a police constable and injuring him on the leg, and abusing police officers. The allegation was made.
IPC sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from duty), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 509 (word, gesture or A case was registered under Act). The police had said that there was an intention to outrage the modesty of a woman against Ms. Sharmila and her driver).
He said in television visuals, Sharmila could be seen assaulting police officers who tried to stop her from going ahead with a ‘protest’ for which she had not taken permission.
Police said they had received information that Sharmila was planning to stage a protest at the SIT office. Since this was not allowed, the policemen tried to stop him near his house, but he misbehaved with them and pushed people present there including the women policemen.
Ms Sharmila had said that when she was planning to go to the SIT office to present a representation on the TSPSC question paper leak issue, she was put under house arrest by the police.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Hyderabad Police is currently probing the TSPSC question paper leak case.
Defending her actions, Ms Sharmila had said in a statement, “It is my responsibility to act in self-defense”, and alleged that the police had “behaved rudely” with her.
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