Rediff: "The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati in the Sankararaman murder case, in which he was arrested on November 11, 2004. The court asked the seer not to go to the mutt till the charge sheet is filed and the probe is completed. It also asked Jayendra Saraswati to surrender his passport.
The three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice R C Lahoti, Justice G P Mathur and Justice P P Maolekar said that 'we are of the opinion that prima facie a strong case has been made out for grant of bail', and allowed Jayendra Saraswati's appeal challenging the Madras high court order refusing him bail. The prosecution counsel, K T S Tulsi, had opposed the application on various grounds and maintained that if the shankaracharya was released, a number of mutt officials who were witness in the case might be asked not to tell the truth.
The seer has been in jail ever since his arrest on Diwali day in November in the Sankararaman murder case and later in the Radhakrishan assault case."
Monday, January 10, 2005
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