Calcutta High Court Tells State To Refrain From Taking Coercive Steps Against Padma-Awarded Monk Kartik Maharaj Over Allegations Of Rape
The Calcutta Excessive Courtroom has orally instructed the state authorities to not take any coercive steps in opposition to Padma Shri-awarded monk Maharaj Swami Pradiptananda alias ‘Kartik Mahraj’, who had moved the Courtroom in opposition to allegations of rape levelled by a lady who claimed to be his devotee.
Justice Jay Sengupta made these oral remarks whereas accepting the petitioner’s plea for an in-camera listening to in his petition to quash the FIR in opposition to him. The bench requested the state to not take any motion in opposition to the Swami until the trial commences on Thursday.
State Counsel opposed the prayer for an in-camera trial, citing the instance of Asaram’s case, whereby he was tried earlier than an open court docket within the Gujarat Excessive Courtroom, however the objections weren’t heeded to, with the trial set to begin immediately.
In keeping with the Hindustan Occasions, the lady has alleged in her grievance that Swami Pradiptananda raped her repeatedly between 2012 and 2019 by promising her a job.
