Hyderabad:
Telugu actor Allu Arjun’s bail listening to within the Telangana High Court – after his arrest Friday within the ‘Pushpa 2‘ stampede case – featured a parallel to a equally tragic incident involving Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and his movie ‘Raees‘, wherein additionally one individual died.
Arguing for bail for his consumer, Allu Arjun’s lawyer recalled the ‘Raees‘ stampede and argued the primary query earlier than the courtroom was “… is any person doing a rash or negligent act?” In that context he spoke concerning the stampede involving SRK, and mentioned the Bollywood actor “threw garments on the station, which led to a stampede”. In that case he was not discovered criminally liable, Mr Arjun’s lawyer mentioned.
It was additionally argued that Allu Arjun was on the primary ground of Hyderabad’s Sandhya Theatre when the stampede occurred on the bottom ground. And the lawyer additionally rubbished claims by the police that that they had not been knowledgeable of the actor’s plan to attend a particular screening of his movie.
“The actor was coming… all people knew that. Even the police knew. Here the actor was not even doing something whereas, in SRK’s case, the actor threw balls and crowds jumped to seize them.”
The courtroom ultimately dominated in favour of Mr Arjun, granting him interim bail for 4 weeks. The courtroom noticed that Allu Arjun’s standing as a vastly standard actor couldn’t compromise his proper to liberty.
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“… simply because he’s an actor… he can’t be held like this,” the High Court mentioned.
The ‘Raees‘ stampede occurred on the railway station in Gujarat’s Vadodara in 2017.
The actor and his manufacturing group had been travelling from Mumbai to Delhi to advertise the movie.
When the practice stopped in Vadodara, Mr Khan tried to work together together with his followers; he threw t-shirt and ‘smiley balls’ on the crowd, and it was argued that this led to the stampede.
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In April 2022 the Gujarat High Court ordered the quashing of the felony case in opposition to SRK. Later that yr the High Court’s ruling was challenged within the Supreme Court, which upheld the decision.
Pushpa 2 Stampede
The stampede broke after the actor made what police mentioned was an unscheduled look on the theatre exhibiting his movie. A 35-year-old girl was killed and her nine-year-old son was injured as the group jostled and shoved one another to catch a glimpse of Mr Arjun.
Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand had mentioned then, “There was no intimation from the facet of theatre administration or actors’ group… that they are going to be visiting the theatre…” and famous additionally that no separate entry, or exit, had been offered, though the theatre knew they had been coming.
According to the police, Mr Arjun arrived on the theatre at 9.30 pm. As information of his arrival – he used the primary entrance and spent 15-20 minutes exterior – unfold, a whole bunch of individuals thronged to catch a glimpse of him. His safety began pushing the group again and that aggravated the scenario.
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The girl, recognized as Revathi, and her son felt “suffocated”, the police mentioned. They had been pulled out of the group by police who carried out emergency first help and shifted them to a close-by hospital.
However, Mr Arjun’s workplace and the theatre officers have insisted the cops had, in truth, been knowledgeable.
And, hours after his arrest, a replica of simply such a letter was launched, wherein the police had been informed of plans for the movie’s stars, Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandana, to go to the theatre at 9.30 pm.
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