Hyderabad, July 23 -- The Telangana High Court has granted bail to a man accused of stalking a minor girl, threatening to morph her photographs into obscene images and post them on social media, and later trespassing into her house along with his relatives.

Justice K Sujana granted bail after noting that the accused had been in judicial custody since May 23, that all 12 witnesses cited by the prosecution had already been examined and that a substantial part of the investigation stood completed.

What the case involves

According to the prosecution, the accused was known to the complainant's family and had taken photographs of her 14-year-old daughter during a family function. He is alleged to have then stalked the girl, pressured her to ...