Telangana HC grants anticipatory bail to rape accused Doctor

"After sexually assaulting her several times, when she asked him about their marriage, he started avoiding her and threatened her and told her to stay away," said the police.

After acquiring the bail, he went to the police station to show the bail on the same day. Moreover, The court directed the accused to appear before the investigation officer (IO) of Narayanguda police station once a week.

Narayanguda inspector R Srinivas Reddy told TOI "As the accused cheated the victim by promising to marry her and sexually exploited her, she lodged a complaint with us. Based on the complaint, we registered a case under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the accused,"

"Bhardwaj has got bail, but we have already prepared a charge sheet against him," Reddy added.

"He obtained anticipatory bail from the high court. We will record his statement and continue with the investigation," assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Abids, K Venkat Reddy said.

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