Chennai: A Puducherry court will tomorrow deliver its verdict in the high profile 2004 Sankararaman murder case, in which two Kanchi Mutt seers Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra are the prime accused.
Puducherry Principal District and Sessions Judge C S Murugan will pronounce the judgement after a trial which ran for over nine years.
The trail was shifted from a Chengalpet court in Tamil Nadu to Puducherry by the Supreme Court in 2005 based on a plea by Jayendra, 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.
A total of 24 persons (now 23) were charged as accused under various IPC sections including 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 120-B R/W 302, while Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra were cited as A-1 and A-2 respectively.
