The VIII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court, Nampally, on Thursday refused to grant anticipatory bail to actor-politician K Chiranjeevi's son-in-law Sirish Bharadwaj, who has been accused of dowry harassment.
The court, after hearing the anticipatory bail petitions filed by Sirish and his mother Suryamangala, rejected the former's plea. However, Suryamangala, the co-accused in the harassment case, was granted bail, albeit, on certain conditions.
Advocate C V L Narasimha Rao filed bail petition on behalf of Sirish and his mother.
Suryamangala has been charged of harassment under 82/2011 of CCS women PS.
According to the police, the mother-son duo filed an anticipatory bail petition before the Metropolitan Sessions Judge at Nampally Criminal Courts Complex last Thursday.
After examining the petition (694/2011), the court forwarded it to the VIII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge.
The alleged harassment came to light after Chiranjeevi's daughter Srija alleged that Sirish Bharadwaj and his mother have been exploiting and ill-treating her for some time. She also claimed in her complaint that her in-laws had demanded Rs. 50 lakhs as dowry from her.
Earlier, in October 2007, Sirish and Sirija had eloped to get married to each other. Chiranjeevi was against the match as he belongs to the Kapu caste, while Sirish Bharadwaj is a Brahmin.