Overview
- The Principal District and Sessions Judge took up reassignment after Additional Sessions Judge Atul Ahlawat stepped aside from hearing the bail application.
- Chaitanyananda Saraswati filed a bail petition alleging the complainants were tutored and asserting he had no direct interaction with students in his role at the institute.
- A Delhi court granted interim jail reliefs, including access to medicines, spectacles, and meals without onion or garlic, and sought a police reply on his plea to wear sanyasi robes and keep spiritual books.
- His request for extra bedding remains under consideration as the court directed that responses cite relevant provisions of the jail manual.
- The accused, arrested in Agra on September 27, is in judicial custody until October 17 as police examine alleged WhatsApp chats, discreet photos and multiple devices, with investigators also probing whether institute aides pressured victims to delete messages.