Madras HC dismisses bail pleas of self-styled godman & POCSO case accused Shivshankar Baba

Chennai : The Madras High Court today dismissed two bail pleas

of POCSO case accused and self-styled godman Shivshankar Baba.

The Godman, who runs a residential school on the outskirts of the city, was

arrested in connection with three cases regisered against him under the

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act of 2012.

Dismissing the two bail pleas, Mr Justice M.Dhandapani did not find any ground

to enlarge him on bail.

The judge was also informed that the CB-CID had already filed a chargesheet in

the cases.

In his petition, Shivshankar Baba had claimed that he was not involved in the

management of the private residential school, at Kelambakkam on the ECR

whose former students had lodged several complaints against him of sexual

abuse.

The Godman sought bail on health grounds as he was a heart patient and was

also suffering from various other ailments.