Bangalore, June 08: Karnataka High Court today adjourned to June 10 hearing of bail application of self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, arrested on criminal charges including rape.
When the case came up for hearing, Justice C Kumaraswamy adjourned the case stating that since the matter had earlier been heard by Justice Subhash B Adi and since he was on leave, only he would hear Nityananda’s bail application and pass orders.
Meanwhile, a writ petition filed by Nityananda’s counsel against freezing of bank accounts of the four trusts of which Nityananda is a trustee was also adjourned to June 10.
Nityananda, 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.
–PTI