Special Judge Sanjay Garg-1 allowed the plea of Swami Om in line with co-accused Swami Santosh Anand, who has been granted anticipatory bail by the High Court.
"There are stated to be four cases pending against the applicant (Swami Om) but no one falls under the category of sexual abuse. In view of these circumstances, this applicant deserves parity with co-accused Santosh Anand who is lying admitted to anticipatory bail by the High Court," the judge said.
Advocate A P Singh, who appeared for Om, claimed that all the allegations were false and frivolous and the FIR was lodged to defame the accused.
This is the second application filed by Om, whose first plea seeking anticipatory bail was dismissed by the court on the grounds that the allegations against him were grave and he could hamper the investigation.
His plea alleged that the woman had trespassed into the ashram of co-accused Anand along with some police officials known to her.
When the complainant urged them to leave her, they dragged her into their room and attempted to rape her, the FIR said.
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