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A Karnataka territory sessions tribunal Monday granted bail to salient Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Sharanaru, accused of sexually assaulting 2 insignificant girls.
The 2nd further territory and sessions tribunal successful Chitradurga granted the bail arsenic the process of interrogating witnesses was over. The seer had been imprisoned since his apprehension successful September 2022.
Although the Karnataka High Court had granted him bail successful November 2023, the determination was challenged successful the Supreme Court, which ruled that Sharanaru would lone beryllium released aft the interrogation of 13 witnesses.
Following the granting of bail Monday, Basavaprabhu Swamy, the interim main of the mutt headed by Sharanaru, said they were blessed that the seer was yet released from prison. “As the seer is barred from entering Chitradurga territory (one of the conditions of bail), helium would enactment successful Davangere mutt and volition proceed to contention the charges against him successful the court.”
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