Chennai, Feb 20 (PTI): Trial in an assault case in which Kanchi Mutt Seer Jayendra Saraswati is the prime accused, commenced at a sessions court here today. The case is being heard by the First Additional Sessions Judge S Kalavathi. The complainant Radhakrishan was examined-in-chief. The examination will continue on March 9. According to the prosecution, Radhakrishnan, a mutt employee and his wife and brother were assaulted at their city residence on September 20, 2002 and sustained serious injuries. They had undergone treatment at a private hospital. Acting on a complaint by Radhakrishnan, police registered a case against 12 persons and arrested the Seer in 2005. The chargesheet was filed in 2006. All the accused, including the Sankaracharya have been granted bail in the case. Except for the seer, all other accused were present in court today. Meanwhile, the Judge rejected a bail application by P Ravisubramanian, an accused turned approver in the case and also in the Sankararaman murder case,being tried by Puducherry Principal District and Sessions Judge and the Seer is also an accused. Stating that he has been in jail for over seven years, Ravisubramanian pointed out that all accused were out on bail. He claimed that his aged mother was in ill health and required constant attention. Besides he too was suffering from various ailments, he had submitted. Claiming he was in no way connected with both cases, he charged police with keeping him in illegal custody in the murder case.
