Rambo Circus owner gets bail

The owner of Rambo Circus, PT Dilip, was granted bail by the judicial magistrate in Pimpri on Friday after he surrendered himself before the court. Followed by a complaint filed by Animal Welfare Board officer Sunil Havaldare against Rambo Circus, the Sangvi police had filed an FIR against Dilip under Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals (PCA) Act, Sections 11, 12, 26 and 34. He was also charged with IPC Sections 289 and 336, and Wildlife Protection Act Section 38 (h).Abhijit Tikar, Dilip’s lawyer, said, “Except the Section 38 (h) offence of Wildlife Protection Act, which can lead to imprisonment for three years, all other offences give imprisonment of less than six months. The court considered our application of bail and granted it on three conditions. We were asked to furnish a bail amount of Rs 15,000.”