A particular MP/MLA court docket in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district has directed police to arrest former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand Saraswati in an 11-year-old sexual harassment case and produce him earlier than it on December 9.
Chinmayanand Saraswati has been accused of sexually harassing a disciple in 2011 at an ashram owned by him.
Particular choose Asma Sultana additionally rejected the accused’s plea for extension of date to seem earlier than the court docket on account of in poor health well being.
Chinmayanand Saraswati’s advocate mentioned he has filed an software for anticipatory bail within the excessive court docket, which is to be heard on December 6.
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The choose, nevertheless, famous that he was given time by the Supreme Courtroom to give up on November 30 however he didn’t seem, so the interval can’t be prolonged.
In 2018, the state authorities had despatched a letter to the court docket to withdraw the case however the sufferer objected. The court docket subsequently issued an arrest warrant towards the accused.
Subsequently, the previous Union minister approached Allahabad excessive court docket for withdrawal of the case. The excessive court docket too upheld the decrease court docket’s order, prompting him to maneuver the highest court docket which additionally rejected his enchantment.
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