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New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The legal battle surrounding Jyotish Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati intensified on Friday, March 27, 2026, as the original complainant, Ashutosh Brahmachari Maharaj, moved the Supreme Court seeking to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to the religious leader. The petition challenges the Allahabad High Court’s March 25 order, which provided protection from arrest to the Shankaracharya and his disciple, Mukundanand Giri, in a high-profile case involving allegations of child sexual abuse. Ashutosh Maharaj contended that the High Court failed to adequately weigh the "extreme severity" of the charges and expressed grave concerns that the influential accused…