Thursday, January 20 2005 13:26 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Chennai: Hearing of the anticipatory bail plea by Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi, who apprehended arrest in a third case, will be on February 3.

The Shankaracharya apprehended arrest in connection with the assault on a temple priest Tirukoshtiyur Madhavan in the city on August 3 last year.

Adjourning the hearing to February 3, the Principal Sessions Judge P Madhavan directed that the Seer should not be arrested till then in the case.

The adjournment was sought by the city public prosecutor T V Ganesh on the ground that the Tamil Nadu Government was awaiting the outcome of its petition in the Supreme Court seeking modification of the conditions laid down while granting bail to the Shankaracharya in the Sankararaman murder case.