Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka was informed by Advocate-General Ravivarma Kumar on Friday, that the CID has enough material to file a charge sheet against Raghaveshwara Bharati swami of Sri Ramachandrapura math for the offence of alleged rape.

He was responding to a query by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D.H. Waghela and Justice Budihal R.B about the progress in the investigation in the course of  hearing  an appeal by the seer seeking quashing of the criminal case alleging that he had raped a devotee-singer more than 150 times between 2010-14.

Mr. Kumar told the Bench that the result of a DNA test has been received by the CID and it is “positive.” He, however, did not elaborate. But he also told the bench that  the seer is not cooperating with the investigation, as he has not consented for some “vital medical tests” required for the probe.

A single judge bench had on October 9 refused to quash the FIR.

Senior Counsel B.V. Acharya contended that the complaint was filed only to tarnish the image of the seer, whose right to reputation has been seriously affected due to the “false” allegations. He was arguing on behalf of the seer.

He said that the charges are “absurd and highly improbable”.