Monday, January 31 2005 17:30 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Chennai: A Sessions court in Chennai today (Jan 31, 2005) turned down the bail applications of Kathiravan and Sundaresa Iyer in the Radhakrishnan assault case, on the grounds that they were not entitled to it having been booked under the goondas act.

Dismissing their bail applications, principal sessions judge P Murugesan cited the recent Madras High Court ruling denying bail to persons charged under the goondas act. Besides, being accused in the assault case in which Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi is co-accused, the two are also charged in the Sankararaman murder case.

Sundaresa Iyer is also facing charges in another case pertaining to alleged tampering with various accounts of the Kanchi mutt.