A ruling on the anticipatory bail petitions in the Palani temple land irregularity case will be delivered on Wednesday (Aug. 5).
In Dindigul district, at the foothills of the Palani temple, 1.40 acres of land belonging to the Dhandapani Swamigal Trust was illegally registered in violation of regulations in the names of two private individuals.
Challenging this, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department filed a case in court. Based on the court’s order, the Palani temple administration took possession of the trust land.
Following this, police registered a case and have been investigating the irregularity involving Sub-Registrar Justin Manikandan, Murugadas Swamigal, Vellathurai, and Sethupathi.
Meanwhile, Sub-Registrar Justin Manikandan was suspended from service. Later, the investigation into this case was transferred to the CBCID.
In this situation, Sub-Registrar Justin Manikandan had already filed a petition in the Madurai Bench of the Chennai High Court seeking anticipatory bail. After hearing this petition, High Court Judge Rajasekar ordered interim anticipatory bail for Sub-Registrar Justin Manikandan until Aug. 3.
In this situation, the petition filed by Sub-Registrar Justin Manikandan seeking anticipatory bail came up for hearing. Similarly, in this case, document writer Jayaprakash, who has been accused, filed a petition in the Madurai Bench of the Chennai High Court seeking anticipatory bail.
High Court Judge Rajasekar, who heard these petitions again on Tuesday, said that a verdict on this matter would be delivered on Wednesday (Aug. 5).
