The Supreme Court of India has granted bail to Aadya Prasad Tiwari, an accused in the high-profile 2021 death of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad head Mahant Narendra Giri, while noting that the trial was likely to take time to conclude.
Giri, the president of the largest organisation of seers in India, was found dead at the Baghambari Mutt in Allahabad on September 20, 2021.
Narendra Giri death: CBI charges Anand Giri, 2 others with criminal conspiracy, abetment to suicide
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its charge sheet filed in November 2021, said Giri was under such "grave mental trauma" from his estranged disciple Anand Giri, priest Aadya Prasad Tiwari and his son Sandeep Tiwari that he ended his life to "avoid defamation and insult" in the eyes of society.
On Monday (January 12, 2026), a Bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma granted bail to Aadya Prasad Tiwari by setting aside the Allahabad High Court order of October 14, 2025, declining the relief.
