Wednesday, March 15 2006 18:48 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Chennai: The Madras High Court today (Mar 15 2006) dismissed a petition filed by Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi seeking transfer of the Radhakrishnan assault case from a Sessions Court here to a court in Pondicherry.

The Seer is the main accused in the case. Dismissing the petition, Justice M Jeyapaul held that the transfer petition was not sustainable as there were no allegations in it that the petitioner may not get justice from the Sessions Court.

Besides, most of the 81 witnesses would have to face the ordeal of travelling from Kancheepuram, where they are residing, to Pondicherry, he said.

The case relates to the September 2002 assault on former Mutt associate Radhakrishnan, his wife and an attendant.

Besides the Seer, the other ten accused include R Raghu, brother of Junior Acharya Vijayendra Saraswathi and Mutt Manager Sunderesa Iyer.