Davanagere: The special Pocso court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the regular bail plea filed by Vachanananda Swamiji of the Veerashaiva Lingayat Panchamasali Gurupeeth in Harihar in connection with a Pocso case. The matter will now be heard on July 3.After his anticipatory bail was cancelled, the seer appeared before the special Pocso court…
Davanagere: The district special Pocso court in Davanagere deferred to the 30th, its order on a police petition seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to Vachanananda swami, who was expelled from Veerashaiva Panchamasali Guru Peetha in Harihar in a Pocso case.After hearing arguments from both sides on June 11, the court initially reserved its…
Davanagere: Police have concluded the probe into the Pocso case registered against Vachanananda Swami, who was expelled from the Veerashaiva Lingayat Panchamasali Gurupeeth in Harihar and faces allegations of sexually assaulting a boy, and have submitted a chargesheet in court.The inquiry was completed within a month of registration, and the chargesheet, running to over 100…
Davanagere: District special Pocso court has postponed the trial of petition filed by Davanagere rural police seeking cancellation of bail sanctioned to Vachanananda Swami, expelled pontiff of Veerashaiva Lingayat Panchamasali Gurupeetha Harihar, on Wednesday.Responding to objection appeal and seeking further time to trial, submitted by SV Patil, counsel for the Swami, judge Sriram Narayan Hegade…
Davanagere: Harihar Rural police submit a petition to the Davanagere district sessions court seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to Vachanananda Swami of Panchamasali Mutt, Harihara, in relation to a Pocso case.Police submitted a report on the matter to the court in a sealed envelope. If the anticipatory bail was cancelled, he could be…
Davanagere: Harihar Rural PSI Manjula D, who was appointed as the investigation officer (IO) in a Pocso case registered against the expelled pontiff of Lingayat Panchamasali Peetha, Vachanananda Swami, has been transferred.Superintendent of police HT Shekhar transferred Manjula to the Azad Nagar police station (investigation section) in Davanagere. Jayaratnamma, who was holding the post, has…
Davanagere: On Thursday in Harihar, Vachanananda Swamiji, former head of the Veerashaiva Lingayat Panchamasali Guru Peetha, appeared before police for questioning in a Pocso case involving allegations of sexual assault on a boy who had been staying at the mutt.He reached the Harihar Rural police station at 9 am in a devotee’s car, and was…
