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It was by far the best day for the Kanchi Mutt in the last 90 odd days. The day saw the Madras high court grant anticipatory bail for the senior pontiff, while the junior seer walked out of the Central jail in the afternoon on bail. A bench of the high court termed the freezing of bank accounts of the Mutt as “ultra vires”.
Jayendra Saraswathi, the senior seer, was granted anticipatory bail in the accounts tampering case by the Madras high court. The seer had apprehended arrest in the case relating to alleged tampering of accounts of the Kanchi mutt.
Granting anticipatory bail, Justice M Thanikachalam directed the seer to report to the police as and when required in the case. The judge observed that the materials collected by the prosecution were not sufficient to include the petitioner in the case. “However, the apprehension still remained and hence I am granting anticipatory bail,” he said.
When the petition came up for hearing, the Tamil Nadu public prosecutor, K Doraisamy, submitted that the investigations up to the current stage did not connect the Sankaracharya with the crime. Following this submission, the judge granted anticipatory bail.
The Sankaracharya had moved the high court on February I seeking the anticipatory bail.
Meanwhile, the principal sessions court here adjourned the case pertaining to the anticipatory bail of the senior seer in the Thirukottiyur Madhavan assault case to February 17.
As a parallel development, the junior pontiff, Vijayendra Saraswathi walked out of the Chennai Central Jail in the afternoon after fulfilling the bail obligations. He was granted bail by the Madras high court on Thursday. The seer was arrested on January 10 in the Sankararaman murder case and was named the second accused in the charge sheet.
The prosecution suffered a major setback, when a bench of the Madras high court termed the freezing of the bank accounts operated by the Kanchi Mutt and other trusts as “ultra vires”.
The Madras high court on Friday permitted the Kanchi Mutt to operate its bank accounts, which had been frozen last month by the police in connection with the Sankararaman murder case. Setting aside the order of the police, freezing the accounts of the Mutt under Section 102 of the CRPC, Justice K P Sivasubramanian held the order was ultra vires of the code.
The judge directed the Mutt to furnish
a monthly statement of its bank operations to the investigating officer
in the case.
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