New Delhi: After a couple of unsuccessful attempts before the Madras High Court to secure bail in the Sankararaman murder case, the Kanchi Shankaracharya is likely to move the Supreme Court for relief in a "day or two".

"We have received the documents required to file the petition in the Supreme Court seeking bail for the Seer," Shankaracharya's counsel and senior advocate M N Krishnamani said.

He said, "The petition will be filed in the apex court either tomorrow or the day after challenging the Madras High Court order declining to grant bail to Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswati."

Rejecting the Seer's second petition for bail, Justice R Balasubramanian of Madras High Court had yesterday (Dec 8, 2004) said, "I cannot refrain from saying that the material relied upon by the prosecution would prima facie constitute reasonable grounds to believe that the petitioner is shown to be guilty of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life."

The Seer was taken into custody on November 11 in connection with the September three murder of Sankararaman, manager of the Varadaraja Perumal temple at Kancheepuram. He was later remanded to judicial custody by a Kancheepuram Magistrate's Court till December 10.