The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday granted bail to Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the seer of Murugarajendra Bruhan Mutt, Chitradurga, in one of the two criminal cases registered against him last year for alleged sexual assaults on two minor girls.
However, the court has directed the seer not to enter Chitradurga district till the conclusion of trial against him in both the cases and appear before the special court during trial through videoconferencing without fail.
Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar passed the order while allowing the petition filed by the seer after the special court in Chitradurga district for the cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act refused to grant him bail in February this year.
