prayagraj the allahabad high court on tuesday granted anticipatory bail to former union minister and exbjp mp swami chinmayanand in a rape case filed in shahjahanpur in 2011granting the anticipatory bail justice samit gopal said till the next date of listing in the event of arrest of the applicant swami chinmiyanand saraswati involved in the aforesaid case shall be released on interim anticipatory bail on furnishing a personal bond of rs 100000 rupees one lakh with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the courthe also ordered the victim and the state government to file a reply in this matter within four weekschinmayanands counsel argued that through an order dated july 16 2012 passed by a division bench of the hc chinmayanand was granted protection from arrest during the pendency of probe he said the applicant is an old and infirm person aged about 75 years having several sicknesses chinmayanands counsel addedopposing the prayer for anticipatory bail the states counsel said he could not dispute the protection granted to the applicant during the pendency of the investigationthe matter will be heard next on february 6 2023in 2011 the complainant had lodged a case of sexual harassment and rape against swami chinmayanand who was a former bjp mp and junior union ministershe accused chinmayanand of establishing physical relationship by mixing some intoxicants in her foodshe had also accused him of filming her and blackmailing her on the basis of those audiovisual videos and photographs