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Chaitanyanand alias Parthasarathy is in custody till October 17.
Chaitanyanand Saraswati, accused of sexually exploiting 17 girls at Srisim Institute in Vasant Kunj area in Delhi, has sought bail. Patiala House Court will hear the bail plea today. The bail plea is listed in the bench of Additional Sessions Judge Atul Ahlawat.
Chaitanyanand Saraswati is currently in judicial custody. On October 3, Patiala House Court had sent Chaitanyanandha to judicial custody for 14 days in a molestation case. Chaitanyanand alias Parthasarathy is in custody till October 17.
A day earlier, an interim order was passed approving the petition of Chaitanyanand Saraswati for providing food, spectacles and medicines without onion and garlic.
Apart from this, the court sought a detailed reply from the Delhi Police on the petition of the accused in which he has demanded clothes of sadhus, spiritual books and a bed.
Chaitanyanand was arrested from Agra on 27 September and brought to Delhi. On September 28, Delhi Police had taken Chaitanyananda on remand for 5 days.
Hearing in two more cases next week
Chaitanyanandha’s previous plea for anticipatory bail in a case of financial irregularities was rejected by the Patiala House Court. The court has asked the police to file a reply to the petition demanding clothes and books, citing the rules of the jail manual. This application will be heard again on Monday.
The court has asked the police to file a reply to a petition seeking a copy of the seizure memorandum to Chaitanya Nanda Saraswati. This application will be heard on Friday.
Lawyer said- give bed to the accused, he is old and sick
First Class Judicial Magistrate Animesh Kumar said during Wednesday’s hearing that the response of the investigating officer was not appropriate. There is no mention of any provision of the prison manual on clothing and spiritual books.
The court said, “It appears that there is no ban on clothes and books, so how can I impose a ban?”
The accused’s lawyer Manish Gandhi also cited the jail rules and said that there is no restriction on the undertrial prisoner to wear clothes of his choice.
During the hearing, the counsel for the accused requested for a direction to provide additional beds. The lawyer argued before the court that the accused was above 65 years of age and sick.
