Patiala House Court lists Chaitanyanand Saraswati's bail plea on Monday

New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): The Principal District and Session Judge of Patiala House listed the matter of Chaitanyanand Saraswati for hearing on Monday. The Principal District and Sessions judge, Anju Bajaj Chandan, assigned the bail matter to Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Deepti Devesh for hearing on Monday.
A Judge on Thursday recused to hear the bail plea of Chaitanyanand Saraswati. The matter was referred to the District Judge. Saraswati has moved an application seeking bail in molestation case. He is running in judicial custody after police interrogation.
The bail application came up for hearing before the Principal District and Sessions judge in the morning Who transferred the matter. On earlier occasions, ASJ Atul Ahlawat had also recused from hearing the anticipatory bail plea of Saraswati in a financial irregularities case.
Patiala house court on October 3 remanded Chaitanyanand to 14 days' judicial custody in a molestation case. The Delhi Police interrogated Chaitanyanand Saraswati for a 5-day custodial remand. It is alleged that he molested 17 girls in an educational institute in the Vasant Kunj area.
Chaitanyanand Saraswati alias Parthasarthy, is in judicial custody till October 17. Chaitanyananda Saraswati was arrested on September 27 in Agra and was brought to Delhi. Delhi police had produced him before the court, and he was granted 5 5-day remand on September 28.
His earlier plea seeking anticipatory bail in a financial irregularities case was rejected by the Patiala House Court.
The Patiala House Court on Wednesday asked Delhi police to file a comprehensive reply on the application of Chaitanyananda Saraswati for a sanyasi robe and spiritual books, mentioning the rule of jail manual. The application will be heard again on Monday.
In another application seeking the supply of a copy of the seizure memo to Chaitanyanand Saraswati, the court asked the police to file a proper reply. This application is listed for a hearing on Friday.
Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Animesh Kumar pointed out that the reply filed by the Investigation Officer (IO) is not proper and there is no mention of any provision of the jail manual on clothes and spiritual books.
The court said, "Prima facie, it appears that there is no prohibition on clothes and books, so how can I prohibit?"
Advocate Manish Gandhi, counsel for the accused, also referred to the jail manual and submitted that there is no prohibition on an undertrial prisoner wearing clothes of their choice.
During the hearing, the counsel for the accused also orally prayed for a direction to provide extra bedding as the accused is over 65 years of age and has ailments. (ANI)