The Karnataka High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing of the bail plea of self-styled godman Nityananda Swami, arrested on criminal charges including rape, to May 18.
Justice VB Pinto adjourned the hearing when the bail plea came up before the vacation bench.
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The Sessions court at Ramanagara, 40 km from Bangalore, had Wednesday extended Nityananda's judicial custody to May 26.
Nityananda landed in a controversy in March after local TV channels aired purported video footage showing him in a compromising position with a Tamil actress. He was arrested from Solan in Himachal Pradesh on April 21.
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