In a significant development, the Court of the Additional Civil Judge of the Second Senior Division ordered the attachment of the properties and vehicles of the District magistrate (DM) and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Varanasi, in a case of contempt of court filed against them by Manikarnika Seva Ashram trustees who are devotees of Sri Nithyananda Swami and have been doing various spiritual and social service activities with the support of the ashram.
On 3rd April 2013, a complaint was filed against Kannada news channel Suvarna News 24x7 by a Varanasi lawyer at the VII Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Varanasi, for blatantly throwing criminal threats at Sri Nithyananda Swami.
The Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka on 25 February, 2013, quashed the FIR filed and action initiated by the District Commissioner, Ramanagara against Sri Nithyananda Swami in the case filed on 14 June 2012 in Cr. No. 308/2012 of Bidadi Police Station, u/s 107 r/w 151 of Cr.PC.
The Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka, made some grave observations in the gross mishandling of and illegalities in the actions of all the officials involved in these proceedings.
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