A Chennai special court handling POCSO cases refused bail to Shanti and Mahendra Simhan on September 30 in the alleged child sexual-abuse investigation involving R Veeramani. NDTV and Dinamani independently reported the ruling. Special Judge S Padma cited the investigation’s early stage.
Prosecutors argued that release could enable interference with witnesses and threats to survivors. Defence lawyers disputed the legality of the arrests and alleged that the accused had not been produced before a court within 24 hours. They also argued that questioning was complete and further custody was unnecessary. These were opposing submissions, not established findings about misconduct.
The bail decision does not determine guilt. It is separate from the political and High Court proceedings concerning the investigation. The signed bail order was not available in the reviewed material, and identifying details of children are withheld.