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Seer seeks relaxation of anticipatory bail conditions
The Kanchi seer sought the court's permission to allow him to sign every week at a Kalavai police station where he resides, instead of appearing before an IO at Kancheepuram.
Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswati on Wednesday filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking relaxation of a condition it had imposed while granting him anticipatory bail in a case.
The seer sought the court's permission to allow him to sign every week at a police station in Kalavai where he resides, instead of appearing before an investigating officer (IO) at Kancheepuram.
The seer sought the relaxation in a petition, likely to come up for hearing on Thursday.
The High Court while granting anticipatory bail to the seer, who apprehended arrest in connection with a complaint filed by Chitra, wife of Ravi Subramaniam, accused-turned-approver in the Sankararaman murder case, had directed him to appear before the IO every Saturday afternoon.
Chitra had alleged that her husband had been threatened and induced to retract his statement implicating the seer in the murder case.
The pontiff had also moved a petition in the principal sessions court to dispense with his weekly appearance before a Judicial Magistrate at Kancheepuram.
On February 24, Principal Judge P Murugesan while granting him anticipatory bail in a case relating to the alleged assault on a temple priest Thirukottiyur Madhavan in the city on August 3 last, had directed him to appear before a Judicial Magistrate at Kancheepuram every Saturday.
Stating that he had been complying with the court order, the Shankaracharya, in his petition, prayed the court to dispense with future appearance before the magistrate.
