Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Nithyananda's bail plea hearing adjourned to June 10
BANGALORE: Karnataka High Court on Tuesday adjourned to June 10 hearing of bail application of self-styled godman Nithyananda Swami, arrested on criminal charges, including rape.
When the case came up, Justice C Kumaraswamy adjourned the case stating that since the case had earlier been heard by Justice Subhash B Adi and since he was on leave, only he would hear Nithyananda's bail application and pass orders.
Meanwhile, a writ petition filed by Nithyananda's counsel against freezing of bank accounts of the four trusts of which Nithyananda is a trustee was also adjourned to June 10.
Nithyananda, whose judicial custody ends tomorrow, landed in controversy in March after local TV channels aired purported video footage showing him in a compromising position with a Tamil actress. He was arrested in Solan district in Himachal Pradesh on April 21. His followers had gone on a two-day fast on June 5 praying for his release.
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ReplyDeleteBANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday adjourned to June 24 hearing of a writ petition seeking quashing of two FIRs filed against self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, arrested on criminal charges including rape.
ReplyDeleteJustice Arali Nagaraj adjourned the case on the plea of Nityananda's counsel, Vivekananda Gupta, who said it was necessary as his bail plea has been posted for tomorrow when the CID, probing the case, is also expected to submit its report.
Besides, he said, the Madras High Court had stayed all criminal proceedings against Nityananda pending before a court at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu where a private complaint has been filed against the self-styled godman.
In a related development, the Ramanagara Magistrate Court extended Nityananda's judicial custody, which ended today, till June 23.
Nityananda landed in trouble in March after local TV channels aired purported video footage showing him in a compromising position with a Tamil actress. He was arrested in Solan district in Himachal Pradesh on April 21.