Allu Arjun summoned to court docket in ‘Pushpa 2’ stampede case; trial set to start | India Information
2 min learnHyderabadJun 19, 2026 03:30 PM IST
An area court docket in Hyderabad has summoned Telugu actor Allu Arjun to look Monday in reference to the December 2024 Sandhya Theatre stampede case.
The IX Further Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace on the Nampally Court docket Complicated issued summons to Arjun and 19 others because the trial is about to start subsequent week.
The chargesheetfiled by Chikkadpally Police on December 27 final yr, names Arjun as accused quantity 11. The stampede occurred on December 4, 2024, outdoors Sandhya Theatre in the course of the premiere screening of ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’, starring Arjun.
The stampede killed a girl and left her son significantly injured. An FIR was registered towards Arjun, the Sandhya Theatre administration and his private safety group beneath provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita referring to culpable murder not amounting to homicide and voluntarily inflicting harm. The chargesheet names 23 accused.
Arjun was arrested on December 13, 2024, and granted interim bail by the Telangana Excessive Court docket the identical day, although he spent the evening in Chanchalguda Jail. He was granted common bail on January 3, 2025, by the IX Further Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace.
Based on the chargesheet, the theatre administration was primarily chargeable for the deadly stampede because it didn’t take sufficient measures to forestall overcrowding. Police alleged that the administration allowed extra individuals into the theatre regardless of overcrowding, failed to tell them about Arjun’s go to and didn’t search safety preparations.
On December 9, 2024, police arrested M Sandeep, a accomplice of Sandhya Theatre; M Nagaraju, its supervisor; and G Vijay Chander, in control of the decrease balcony the place the stampede occurred. The grievance was filed by Mogudampalli Bhaskar, husband of the deceased, M Revathi. Their nine-year-old son was left in a coma after the incident.
