Prayagraj, Feb. 28 -- Jyotirmath Peetham Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati's counsel on Friday asserted that the case filed against the Shankaracharya was fundamentally baseless and highlighted discrepancies within the police reports and supporting documents, arguing they lacked the consistency required for legal validity.

Speaking to ANI, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati's advocate, PN Mishra, announced that the High Court granted anticipatory bail, staying his arrest.

"Our main argument was that this case was false and that the documents and police reports provided contained contradictory statements that did not appear to be true... Therefore, he should be granted anticipatory bail in this case. They argued that sinc...