{"id":15802,"date":"2011-12-29T15:27:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T09:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=15802"},"modified":"2011-12-29T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T09:58:26","slug":"telugu-actors-death-court-reduces-sentence-of-convict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/telugu-actors-death-court-reduces-sentence-of-convict","title":{"rendered":"Telugu actor\u2019s death: Court reduces sentence of convict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/telugu-actors-death-court-reduces-sentence-of-convict\/death-of-telugu-actress-pratyusha-in-2002\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15803\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15803\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/telugu-actors-death-court-reduces-sentence-of-convict\/death-of-telugu-actress-pratyusha-in-2002\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/death-of-Telugu-actress-Pratyusha-in-2002.jpg?fit=188%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"188,269\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"death of Telugu actress Pratyusha in 2002\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/death-of-Telugu-actress-Pratyusha-in-2002.jpg?fit=104%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/death-of-Telugu-actress-Pratyusha-in-2002.jpg?fit=174%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15803\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/death-of-Telugu-actress-Pratyusha-in-2002.jpg?resize=188%2C269&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/death-of-Telugu-actress-Pratyusha-in-2002.jpg?w=188&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/death-of-Telugu-actress-Pratyusha-in-2002.jpg?resize=104%2C150&amp;ssl=1 104w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/death-of-Telugu-actress-Pratyusha-in-2002.jpg?resize=174%2C250&amp;ssl=1 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a>The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday reduced the jail sentence of G. Siddhartha Reddy, a convict in the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha in 2002, to two years from five years earlier awarded.<\/p>\n<p>The trial court in 2004 sentenced Reddy to five years\u2019 imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs.5,000 on charges of abetment in her suicide and one more year of imprisonment and a fine of Rs.1,000 for attempting suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Pratyusha died under mysterious circumstances in Hyderabad Feb 24, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>On Reddy\u2019s plea challenging the order of the trial court, Justice N. Ravi Shankar reduced his jail term to two years but increased the fine to Rs.50,000.<\/p>\n<p>The high court directed Reddy, who is out on bail, to surrender before police by Jan 15.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the judgment, Pratyusha\u2019s mother P. Sarojini Devi told reporters that she would challenge it in the Supreme Court. Her family alleged that Reddy murdered her.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which probed the case, dropped murder charges against Reddy but concluded that he drove Pratyusha to suicide.<\/p>\n<p>According to the investigating agency, Reddy and his classmate Pratyusha were in love and decided to get married. However, Reddy\u2019s family opposed their proposed marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Reddy met Pratyusha at a beauty parlour Feb 23, 2002, and took her away in his car. He bought pesticide from a shop and both of them consumed it after mixing it in cola.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Reddy took Pratyusha to hospital where both of them were admitted. Pratyusha died the following day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday reduced the jail sentence of G. Siddhartha Reddy, a convict in the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha in 2002, to two years from five years earlier awarded. 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