Allu Arjun appears before court virtually in Sandhya Theatre stampede case, cites security reasons

The regular bail petition filed by the actor, who was named as accused no 11 in the case, came up for hearing on Friday, and the police sought time on the matter after which the court posted it to December 30. (Also read: How Allu Arjun's arrest over fan death turned into a political slugfest)

Allu Arjun was arrested on December 13 in connection with the incident and produced before the Nampally court, which remanded him to a 14-day judicial custody. Shortly after Allu Arjun was shifted to jail, the Telangana High Court granted him interim bail for four weeks and he was released from the jail on December 14.

Since Nampally court's 14-day remand was ending on Friday, Allu Arjun appeared in the court through video conference, citing security reasons and to avoid any inconvenience to the public coming to the court.