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Framing of charges postponed

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: The framing of charges against the Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, and others accused in the Radhakrishnan assault case has been ordered to be postponed for at least two weeks by the Madras High Court.

The I Additional Sessions Judge, A.R. Selvakumar, who is hearing the assault case, is scheduled to take up the matter on December 9 for framing of charges.

In his present petition seeking transfer of the case to a competent court in Pondicherry, as was done in the case of the Sankararaman murder case, the Acharya submitted that the accused, prosecution, witnesses and the approver were almost identical in both cases.

He pointed out that the Supreme Court transferred the murder case trial to the Principal Sessions and District Judge in Pondicherry on the ground that the prosecuting agency and the State machinery had created a reasonable apprehension in the mind of the accused that they would not get justice if the trial were to be conducted in Tamil Nadu.

Admitting the plea, Justice T.V. Masilamani then posted the matter to December 20 for further proceedings.

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