New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Additional Session Judge (ASJ) Atul Ahlawat of Patiala House Court on Thursday recused himself from hearing the bail plea of Chaitanyanand Saraswati.

The matter is scheduled to be listed before the District Judge of Patiala House Court at 12:00 PM today.

Saraswati has moved an application seeking bail in a molestation case. He is running in judicial custody after police interrogation.

The bail application came up for hearing before the Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Atul Ahlawat. He recused himself from hearing the matter.

On an earlier occasion, he had recused from hearing the anticipatory bail plea of Saraswati in a financial irregularities case.

Senior advocate Ajay Burman appeared for Chaitanyanand Saraswati...