The Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi and 22 others accused of murder in Tamil Nadu have been acquitted of all charges against them in the 2004 murder of a Kanchi temple employee.
The trial was shifted from a Chengalpet court in Tamil Nadu to Puducherry by the Supreme Court in 2005 based on a plea by Jayendra Saraswathi, who alleged that the atmosphere in Tamil Nadu was not conducive for a free and fair trial.
A Sankararaman, manager of the Varadarajaperumal temple at Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, was allegedly murdered on September 3, 2004, in the temple premises.
Another manager of Kanchi Mutt, Sundaresan, and Jayendra Saraswathi's brother Raghu were charged as co-conspirators.
During the trial, 189 witnesses were examined between 2009 and 2012, of which 83 turned hostile.
The trial was shifted from a Chengalpet court in Tamil Nadu to Puducherry by the Supreme Court in 2005 based on a plea by Jayendra Saraswathi, who alleged that the atmosphere in Tamil Nadu was not conducive for a free and fair trial.
A Sankararaman, manager of the Varadarajaperumal temple at Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, was allegedly murdered on September 3, 2004, in the temple premises.
Another manager of Kanchi Mutt, Sundaresan, and Jayendra Saraswathi's brother Raghu were charged as co-conspirators.
During the trial, 189 witnesses were examined between 2009 and 2012, of which 83 turned hostile.
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