A judge of the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday recused himself from hearing a plea filed by Ramachandrapura Mutt seer Raghaveshwara Bharathi for quashing of the alleged rape case against him.
Justice Ram Mohan Reddy, who was hearing the appeal in a Division Bench headed by Chief Justice D.H. Waghela, had heard the arguments during the morning session.
However, when the Bench reassembled after lunch, Justice Reddy said, “Though I heard the arguments in the morning session, I have some reservations. I will not hear this matter and will recuse myself from the case.”
The case will now be posted before another Bench.
In his appeal, the seer had questioned the October 9 verdict of a single judge, which had refused to quash the first information report registered against him.
