Kanchi Seer gets anticipatory bail

CHENNAI: Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi was today granted anticipatory bail in the account tampering case by the Madras High Court.
The seer had apprehended arrest in the case relating to alleged tampering of the accounts of the Kanchi mutt.
Granting the anticipatory bail, Justice M Thanikachalam directed the seer to report to the police as and when required in the case.
The Court observed that as on date the materials collected by the prosecution against the applicant were not sufficient. "However, the apprehension still remained and hence I am granting anticipatory bail," the Judge said.
When the petition came up for hearing, Public Prosecutor, K Doraisamy, submitted that the investigations upto the current stage did not connect the Sankaracharya with the crime.
Following this submission, the judge granted the bail. The Sankaracharya had moved the High Court on February 1 seeking the anticipatory bail.
The case relates to the alleged missing of certain pages and fabrication in the ledger book of the mutt.
Former mutt manager Sundaresa Iyer and accountant Kaladi Viswanathan had been arrested in the case.